linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Change paride driver to use unlocked

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:56:41 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...os.cz>
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>, grant@...que.net,
	tim@...erelk.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change paride driver to use unlocked_ioctl instead of
 ioctl

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 14:26:26 +0100 (CET)
Jiri Kosina <jikos@...os.cz> wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 
> > >  	default:
> > >  		printk("%s: Unimplemented ioctl 0x%x\n", tape->name, cmd);
> > > +		unlock_kernel();
> > >  		return -EINVAL;
> > Surely a bug ... shouldn't this return -ENOTTY?

Agreed - ENOTTY. The printk is wrong as well, but this is just getting
shown up by the other changes.

Does anyone even use parallel IDE devices any more ?
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