linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [24/30] x86_64: Shut up warnings for vfat compat ioctls on other file systems

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Date:	Tue, 01 May 2007 11:45:52 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
CC:	patches@...-64.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [24/30] x86_64: Shut up warnings for vfat compat ioctls
 on other file systems

Andi Kleen wrote:
> vfat implements compat handlers for these ioctls, but when they
> were executed on other file systems the kernel would still complain
> about an unknown compat ioctl.  Just declare them as compatible
> and let them be rejected when not needed by the normal path.
> 
> This makes wine runs a lot quieter

Does this also restore the original -ENOTTY return code?

The change that made it return -EINVAL broke a few Wine apps.

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