[PATCH 1/2] Deprecate sysctl syscall interface

[Adhemerval Zanella]

On 25/04/2018 11:46, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
> 
>> This patch deprecate sysctl interface by issuing ENOSYS as default
> 
> That description doesn't make sense, since deprecating is nothing to do 
> with ENOSYS errors; the ENOSYS handling in this patch is actually a matter 
> of unification with the generic sysctl implementation.  I think you need 
> to update the patch description so it accurately describes this version of 
> the patch.
> 

What about:

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This patch deprecates sysctl interface by removing the Linux sysctl.h header,
adding a compatibility symbol (with previous semantic including returning
ENOSYS), and avoiding new ports to build and provide the symbol.

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