linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: Delete final remnants of MTD ioctls from fs/compat

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Message-Id: <200905291556.13482.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Fri, 29 May 2009 15:56:11 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	Kevin Cernekee <kpc.mtd@...il.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: Delete final remnants of MTD ioctls from fs/compat_ioctl.c

On Friday 29 May 2009, David Woodhouse wrote:
> Er, that doesn't move stuff into mtdchar.c. It just deletes it...

The changeset comment could be a little more verbose, but it looks
correct to me. The key is calling mtd_ioctl() in the 'default:'
case of mtd_compat_ioctl(), which just treats all unhandled
ioctl numbers as compatible.

	Arnd <><
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