linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty: fix vt_compat

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Message-ID: <20090928183337.GA10855@suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:33:37 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: fix vt_compat_ioctl

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 08:10:02PM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Call compat_unimap_ioctl, not do_unimap_ioctl.

That's a nice description of what the patch does, but why do we need to
do that?  What is the problem here?  What caused it?

thanks,

greg k-h
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