linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: move ioctl conversion to compat_blkdev

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Date:	Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:41:53 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, hch@....de,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: move ioctl conversion to compat_blkdev_ioctl

On Fri, Oct 05 2007, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> fs/compat_ioctl.c is still a mess and I'd prefer to get rid of it
> over time, by moving everything to the respective drivers.
> 
> A significant portion of our ioctl numbers are common to a number
> of block drivers, so should not handle them in each driver separately,
> but rather in the block layer.
> 
> In the process, we remove a few indirections from the call graph
> for compat block ioctls. This patch is still an entirely untested
> preview and should be split into smaller chunks.

As before, this looks pretty good. I'll toss it in the tester and see if
things still work.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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