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Subject: Re: route/max_size sysctl in ipv4
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On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 4:51 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:

> The sysctl is kept so that scripts reading it don't suddenly stop
> working.  We can't just remove sysctl values.

Interestingly, one of our scripts did break. It broke because now this
sysctl is only available in the global net namespace and not in the
child namespaces. If not breaking scripts is the fundamental logic in
keeping in sysctl intact, would you guys be open to accepting a patch
where we make this sysctl available for all net namespaces?