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    Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace · ad0b314e
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Pull sysctl system call removal from Eric Biederman:
     "As far as I can tell we have reached the point where no one enables
      the sysctl system call anymore. It still is enabled in a few
      defconfigs but they are mostly the rarely used one and in asking
      people about that it was more cut & paste enabled than anything else.
    
      This is single commit that just deletes code. Leaving just enough code
      so that the deprecated sysctl warning continues to be printed. If my
      analysis turns out to be wrong and someone actually cares it will be
      easy to revert this commit and have the system call again.
    
      There was one new xtensa defconfig in linux-next that enabled the
      system call this cycle and when asked about it the maintainer of the
      code replied that it was not enabled on purpose. As of today's
      linux-next tree that defconfig no longer enables the system call.
    
      What we saw in the review discussion was that if we go a step farther
      than my patch and mess with uapi headers there are pieces of code that
      won't compile, but nothing minds the system call actually disappearing
      from the kernel"
    
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/201910011140.EA0181F13@keescook/
    
    * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace:
      sysctl: Remove the sysctl system call
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