linux-kernel - [patch] compat_ioctl should return -ENOTTY for some failures

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Date:	Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:16:46 -0500
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Alan <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: [patch] compat_ioctl should return -ENOTTY for some failures

In many cases compat_ioctl() should return -ENOTTY.

Recent changes in this area seem to be breaking some
Wine apps.  I'm not proposing this for inclusion (yet,)
I just want to know if I've hit the right places.

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