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SubjectRe: [PATCH] sysctl.h: Comment out unused constants
H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Richard Knutsson wrote:
>> Comment out unused constants in include/linux/sysctl.h.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se>
>
> NAK as all hell.
>
> This file exports an interface to userspace, and thus should be
> maintained indefinitely.
Oh, then I misunderstood Eric W. Bieders' message about comment out
unused numbers.

But just of interest; what happens when userspace use a number not used
in the kernel (except in sysctl.h)? Is it just a no-op?

Richard Knutsson

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