Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 17:54:19 -0800 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> To: Pawel Biernacki <kaktus@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r356262 - head/sys/kern Message-ID: <20200104015419.GG3339@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <202001020123.0021NhgC049141@repo.freebsd.org> References: <202001020123.0021NhgC049141@repo.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 01:23:43AM +0000, Pawel Biernacki wrote: P> Author: kaktus P> Date: Thu Jan 2 01:23:43 2020 P> New Revision: 356262 P> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/356262 P> P> Log: P> sysctl: hide 2.x era compat node P> P> r23081 introduced kern.dummy oid as a semi ABI compat for kern.maxsockbuf P> that was moved to a new namespace. It never functioned as an alias of any P> kind and was just returning 0 unconditionally, hence it was probably P> provided to keep some 3rd party programmes happy about sysctl(3) not P> reporting an error because of non-existing oid. P> After nearly 23 years it seems reasonable to just hide it from sysctl(8) P> list not to cause unnecessary confusion as for its purpose. P> P> Reported by: Antranig Vartanian <antranigv@freebsd.am> P> Reviewed by: kib (mentor) P> Approved by: kib (mentor) P> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D22982 Is there any reason to keep it at all even hidden after 23 years? -- Gleb Smirnoff
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