- for (p = optarg; *p; p++)
- if (*p == '.')
- *p = '/';
-
- if (strv_extend(&arg_prefixes, optarg) < 0)
+ /* We used to require people to specify absolute paths
+ * in /proc/sys in the past. This is kinda useless, but
+ * we need to keep compatibility. We now support any
+ * sysctl name available. */
+ normalize_sysctl(optarg);
+ if (startswith(optarg, "/proc/sys"))
+ p = strdup(optarg);
+ else
+ p = strappend("/proc/sys/", optarg);
+
+ if (!p)
+ return log_oom();
+ if (strv_consume(&arg_prefixes, p) < 0)