[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 11:36:19 -0700

> On 8/14/19 11:21 AM, David Miller wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
> Agree. Unfortunately one of the legacy application library didn't
> get upgraded even after the ports were registered with IANA.
> Oracle 11 is still very active release and hence this patch.
> 
> It is fine to drop $subject patch from this series.

The appropriate procedure is to resubmit the series with the patch
removed.

Thank you.