From: santosh.shilimkar@xxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:36:19 -0700 > On 8/14/19 11:21 AM, David Miller wrote: >> From: santosh.shilimkar@xxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:01:36 -0700 >> >>> Some of the application software was released before 2009 and ended up >>> using these proc entries from downstream kernel. The newer lib/app >>> using RDS don't use these. Unfortunately lot of customer still use >>> Oracle 9, 10, 11 which were released before 2007 and run these apps >>> on modern kernels. >> So those apps are using proc entries that were never upstream... >> >> Sorry, this is completely and utterly inappropriate. >> > Agree. Unfortunately one of the legacy application library didn't > get upgraded even after the ports were registered with IANA. > Oracle 11 is still very active release and hence this patch. > > It is fine to drop $subject patch from this series. The appropriate procedure is to resubmit the series with the patch removed. Thank you.
