From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC7B8C35280 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 16:17:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C80F621920 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 16:17:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727456AbfJBQR0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Oct 2019 12:17:26 -0400 Received: from mga18.intel.com ([134.134.136.126]:39677 "EHLO mga18.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725975AbfJBQRZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Oct 2019 12:17:25 -0400 X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga006.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.51]) by orsmga106.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 02 Oct 2019 09:17:24 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.67,249,1566889200"; d="scan'208";a="196046591" Received: from tassilo.jf.intel.com (HELO tassilo.localdomain) ([10.7.201.137]) by orsmga006.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 02 Oct 2019 09:17:24 -0700 Received: by tassilo.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 77F42301A2F; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 09:17:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 09:17:24 -0700 From: Andi Kleen To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] sysctl: Remove the sysctl system call Message-ID: <20191002161724.GI8560@tassilo.jf.intel.com> References: <8736gcjosv.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8736gcjosv.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org There were some really old glibc versions that used the system call, but I believe they have a reasonable fall back, and may not be used much anymore. Acked-by: Andi Kleen -Andi