Re: 2.6.18-rc4-mm1 + hotfix -- Many processes use the sysctl system call

From: Gabor Gombas
Date: Fri Aug 18 2006 - 20:28:19 EST


On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 12:23:54PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote:

> "fixed"? Why is sysctl being removed in the middle of a stable kernel
> series?!?

IMHO the stable series is 2.6.x.y nowadays. 2.6.z (without a fourth
number) is more or less what used to be 2.<odd> previously.

> I thought the new golden rule was "don't break userspace"?

AFAIK nothing is broken, but the messages are annoying. Especially since
99.9% of the time they're caused not by the applications but by glibc.
So the message should be heavily rate limited at least, if that's not
already done.

Gabor

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