linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] UBI: add ioctl compatibility

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Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:25:37 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	dedekind@...radead.org
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>,
	linux-mtd <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UBI: add ioctl compatibility

On Friday 16 January 2009, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> From: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] UBI: add ioctl compatibility
> 
> UBI ioctl's do not work when running 64-bit kernel and 32-bit
> user-land. Fix this by adding the compat_ioctl method.
> 
> Also, UBI serializes all ioctls, so more than one ioctl at a time
> is not a problem. Amd UBI does not seem to depend on anything else,
> so use unlocked_ioctl instead of ioctl (no BKL needed).
> 
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com>

Looks good now, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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