Re: [PATCH -mm v2 0/1] sysctl: remove CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL, it just mirrors CONFIG_SYSCTL

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:00:30 +0200 Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 07/27, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > Andrew, this patch depends on
> >
> > 	sysctl-move-the-cad_pid-entry-from-pid_table-to-kern_reboot_table.patch
> >
> > in -mm tree, because that patch removes one CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL too.
> 
> Just in case...
> 
> >From https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/amdveg1m4E4uQlGv%40redhat.com
> 
> 	Did this tree-wide rename miss an instance in kernel/pid.c?
> 
> This instance was already removed by
> 
> 	sysctl-move-the-cad_pid-entry-from-pid_table-to-kern_reboot_table.patch
> 
> mentioned above. And this is exactly why this patch is based on -mm.

Yeah, Sashiko tried the patch against net/HEAD, found that it applied
then went for it.

Perhaps it would be better for Sashiko to attempt linux-next first.