linux-kernel - Re: compat ioctl32 for /dev/snapshot?

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Date:	Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:07:10 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	"Linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: compat ioctl32 for /dev/snapshot?

On Sunday 12 July 2009, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> As I mentioned in my first email, I'm not the right person to
> do the patch.  But regardless, I spent about a day understanding
> this stuff (or trying to, anyway) - 100% useless day - and when
> I thought I have a patch someone else spoken up and said this
> way (compat_ioctl) is the wrong approach now.  And sent another,
> also trivial patch, adding compat calls right to the proper
> place in kernel/power.c.  Which (the patch) has been ignored
> too.

I never got a reply from you saying whether or not the patch
I sent actually worked. If you or someone else can confirm it,
I'll resend with the fixes you mentioned.

	Arnd <><
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