Re: [RFC][PATCH] sysctl: Remove the sysctl system call

[Helge Deller]

On 02.10.19 00:53, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > As there appear to be no users of the sysctl system call, remove the
> > > code....>...
> I copied everyone who had put this into a defconfig and I will wait a
> little more to see if anyone screams.  I think it is a safe guess that
> several of the affected configurations are dead (or at least
> unmaintained) as I received 17 bounces when copying everyone.

 arch/parisc/configs/c8000_defconfig         |    1 -
 arch/parisc/configs/generic-32bit_defconfig |    1 -

I'm not aware that we require the sysctl syscall somewhere on parisc,
so I think it's safe to remove the code.

Helge