linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [MTD] mtdchar.c: Fix regression in MEMGETREGIONINFO ioctl()

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Date:	Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:38:34 +0100
From:	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Zev Weiss <zevweiss@...il.com>, Rodolfo@...reable.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [MTD] mtdchar.c: Fix regression in MEMGETREGIONINFO ioctl()

Andrew Morton wrote:
> struct mtd_erase_region_info {
> 	struct {
> 		u_int32_t offset;
> 		u_int32_t erasesize;
> 		u_int32_t numblocks;
> 	} user_part;
> 	unsigned long *lockmap;
> };

Is the name "struct mtd_erase_region_info" something userspace uses?

Nothing wrong with changing the kernel's version, as long as userspace
uses different headers, but it might be confusing.

-- Jamie
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