linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty add compat

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Date:	Fri, 04 May 2007 15:11:59 -0600
From:	Paul Fulghum <paulkf@...rogate.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty add compat_ioctl

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> - The return value of the new compat_ioctl methods should probably
> 'int', not 'long'. We've had the discussion before and then
> decided not to change the existing compat_ioctl and 
> unlocked_ioctl functions -- even though int is more appropriate,
> but having the same prototype has the advantage that a driver
> can use the same function for both ->ioctl and ->compat_ioctl
> if all calls are compatible.

Any comments on this or should I assume that
compat_ioctl() will stay with ulong return type?

-- 
Paul Fulghum
Microgate Systems, Ltd.
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