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

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Message-ID: <m2tyymho45.fsf@igel.home>
Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:21:14 +0200
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: fix vt_compat_ioctl

Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> writes:

> 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?

It's a compat ioctl handler, so lets call the compat ioctl handler.

Andreas.

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