[rds-devel] [PATCH net-next 1/5] RDS: Re-add pf/sol access via sysctl

[David Miller]

From: santosh.shilimkar at oracle.com
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:01:36 -0700

> Some of the application software was released before 2009 and ended up
> using these proc entries from downstream kernel. The newer lib/app
> using RDS don't use these. Unfortunately lot of customer still use
> Oracle 9, 10, 11 which were released before 2007 and run these apps
> on modern kernels.

So those apps are using proc entries that were never upstream...

Sorry, this is completely and utterly inappropriate.