Re: [PATCH] sysctl.h: Comment out unused constants

[Richard Knutsson]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Richard Knutsson wrote:
> > Comment out unused constants in include/linux/sysctl.h.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> NAK as all hell.
>
> This file exports an interface to userspace, and thus should be 
> maintained indefinitely.
Oh, then I misunderstood Eric W. Bieders' message about comment out 
unused numbers.

But just of interest; what happens when userspace use a number not used 
in the kernel (except in sysctl.h)? Is it just a no-op?

Richard Knutsson

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