> I am in the process of cleaning up, and converting the binary sysctl > sysctl call into a wrapper on top of the text based proc/sys. > > A first step in that process is to introduce a generic > compat_sys_sysctl to reduce the number of places I have to touch. > The following patcheset is the start of my series for handling that. > > The only architecture specific changes should be replace the > current architecture name for it's 32bit compat syscall with > compat_sys_sysctl, and deleting the architectures private > 32bit compat syscall. The only requirement is that CONFIG_COMPAT > be set when you need compat_sys_sysctl. > > These patches should just work, but an eyeball from someone who is > familiar with the architecture specific details would be appreciated. > I have only tested the 32bit compat code on x86_64. I forgot to mention, my plan is to carry these patches in my tree until the next merge window opens. That way I will be able to build on top of them, without having to worry what happens if someone is slow to merge the patches. Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
