linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] headers_check fix patches 20090604

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Date:	Thu, 4 Jun 2009 22:12:42 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...pgear.com>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Michael Abbott <michael@...neidae.co.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] headers_check fix patches 20090604

On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 05:53:52PM +0530, Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> Please Review :
> 
> Jaswinder Singh Rajput (6):
>       headers_check fix: arm, hwcap.h
>       headers_check fix: ia64, fpswa.h
>       headers_check fix: m68k, swab.h
>       headers_check fix: mips, ioctl.h
>       headers_check fix: mn10300, ptrace.h
>       headers_check fix: mn10300, setup.h

Please let the subject explain what was fixed.
The fact that you used headers_check to detect the
issue in the first place is less relevant.

For mips the subject could have been:

mips: use userspace compatible definition of _IOC_TYPECHECK

Did you concentrate solely on headers_check output
or did you carefully inspect the files you touched for userspace issues?
I stroingly recommend to fix all userspace issues in files touched
if this is possible.

	Sam
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