Re: Cannot compile without sysctl (+semi-patch)
From: Adrian Bunk (bunk_at_stusta.de)
Date: 12/27/04
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Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:43:19 +0100 To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 06:06:35PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Hi,
Hi Jan,
> in trying to make the smallest possible kernel for an old pc's needs (read:
> 386sx) disabling sysctl support (CONFIG_SYSCTL) does not work, sys_setgroups
> and sys_setgroups16 still require it. (I get a linking error.)
> It's not a blocker, but it would be nice if this got wrapped up in #ifdef or
> something :-) so that either sysctl is always on or sys_setgroups behaves a
> little different.
>
> Preferably:
> include/linux/limits.h:
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> extern int ngroups_max;
> # define NGROUPS_MAX ngroups_max
> #else
> # define NGROUPS_MAX __NGROUPS_MAX
> #endif
>
> to
>...
you should also tell us which kernel version you observed this problem
in - neither the latest 2.4 nor the latest 2.6 kernels have a limits.h
like the one you describe...
> Jan Engelhardt
cu
Adrian
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