Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:31:41 -0500 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] sys_sysfs: Add CONFIG_SYSFS_SYSCALL |
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:09:42PM +0800, Fabian Frederick wrote: > sys_sysfs is an obsolete system call no longer supported by libc ... > -This patch adds a default CONFIG_SYSFS_SYSCALL=y > -Option can be turned off in expert mode. > -cond_syscall added to kernel/sys_ni.c > > Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be> > --- > fs/filesystems.c | 2 ++ > init/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++ > kernel/sys_ni.c | 1 + > 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
did anyone ever ship userspace that actually used that syscall ? Some ancient version of udev that probably doesn't work on a modern kernel anyway maybe ?
I wonder if it's something we can make -ENOSYS unconditionally at some point, and remove all that code entirely.
Dave
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