linux-kernel - Re: [patch 48/67] Fix VIDIOC

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Date:	Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:10:49 -0300
From:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
To:	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>
Cc:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>, akpm@...l.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org, torvalds@...l.org,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 48/67] Fix VIDIOC_ENUMSTD bug

Em Qua, 2006-10-11 às 17:49 -0400, Michael Krufky escreveu:
> Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> >> So any application which passes in index=0 gets EINVAL right off the bat
> >> - and, in fact, this is what happens to mplayer.  So I think the
> >> following patch is called for, and maybe even appropriate for a 2.6.18.x
> >> stable release.
> > 
> > The fix is worth having, though I guess I'm no longer 100% sure it's
> > necessary for -stable, since I don't think anything in-tree other than
> > vivi uses this interface in 2.6.18.
True. No real reason to fix into stable. On the other hand, it won't
hurt -stable to have this fix.

> > If you are going to include it,
> > though, it makes sense to put in Sascha's fix too - both are needed to
> > make the new v4l2 ioctl() interface operate as advertised.

> This is fine with me...  I have added cc to Mauro, he might want to add
> his sign-off as well.
By applying patch 48 into -stable, for sure Sascha fix is required.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>

Cheers, 
Mauro.

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