Eric W. Biederman wrote:
With "architectural" I mean "guaranteed to be stable" (as opposed to
"incidental"). Sorry for the confusion.
Ok. Then largely we are in agreement. To implement that the rule is simple.
If it isn't CTL_UNNUMBERED and the number is in Linus's tree, it is
our responsibility to never change the meaning of that number.
If a new sysctl entry is introduced it should be CTL_UNNUMBERED until
it reaches Linus's tree to avoid conflicts.
There is simply no point in having any kind of support for numbers
whose meanings can change.
Which is why I removed the few cases of binary number duplication I
found.
Agreed. *Furthermore*, if the number isn't in <linux/sysctl.h> it
shouldn't exist anywhere else, either.
-hpa
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