linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/9] compat_ioctl: introduce block/compat

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Date:	Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:04:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	viro@....linux.org.uk
Cc:	arnd@...db.de, jens.axboe@...cle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hch@....de
Subject: Re: [patch 0/9] compat_ioctl: introduce block/compat_ioctl.c

From: Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 06:12:18 +0100

> On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 08:19:02PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > This is my block ioctl series split up into managable chunks. I'm not
> > really sure about the last two of these, I'd prefer to get a second
> > opinion on those.
> > 
> > Please apply once your tests have gone though.
> 
> BTW, one note: 0x1260 thing (
>        /* The mkswap binary hard codes it to Intel value :-((( */
>        case 0x1260:
>        case BLKGETSIZE:
> ) is an ancient piece of BS.  It had appeared in 2.1.115-pre3 and AFAICS
> it's a misunderstanding.
 ...
> IOW, that stuff is useless and always had been.  In the current form it's
> simply invalid C on e.g. amd64 - you get duplicate case there, which breaks
> the build.
> 
> I'd simply kill that.

Agreed.
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