1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index b75dbf40f573..112533d5fc08 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -1399,6 +1399,13 @@ static void deprecated_sysctl_warning(const int *name, int nlen)
 {
         int i;
 
+        /*
+         * CTL_KERN/KERN_VERSION is used by older glibc and cannot
+         * ever go away.
+         */
+        if (name[0] == CTL_KERN && name[1] == KERN_VERSION)
+                return;
+
         if (printk_ratelimit()) {
                 printk(KERN_INFO
                         "warning: process `%s' used the deprecated sysctl "