> The implementation of /proc/sys/... (kernel/sysctl.c) implies that
> consecutive "read()" from files simply won't work.
>
> linux> cat /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease
> 2.0.32
> linux> dd if=/proc/sys/kernel/osrelease bs=2
> 2.1+0 records in
> 1+0 records out
>
> And this is definitely incorrect behaviour. Unlike files like
> /proc/cmdline, that are implemented in a different manner.
> The question is whether this is a feature, or a bug in the basic design ?
The real questions are:
- do we really care? (nobody uses dd on sysctl files anyway)
- is it worth it to add the extra code/bloat?
- does anybody need to do anything but cat'ing values to/from
/proc/sys/*?
Rik.
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