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Message-Id: <20091213114343.a60828d3.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:43:43 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@....de>
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>, JosephChan@....com.tw,
Scott Fang <ScottFang@...tech.com.cn>,
linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] drivers/video: Correct code taking the size of a
pointer
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:52:59 +0100 Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@....de> wrote:
> Hi Julia, Andrew,
>
> Julia Lawall schrieb:
> > From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
> >
> > sizeof(viafb_gamma_table) is just the size of the pointer. This is changed
> > to the size used when calling kmalloc to initialize the pointer.
>
> this is the second patch addressing this issue ending up in my mailbox.
> At least this one is technically correct so feel free to upstream it.
> However I vote for removing this ioctl hell from viafb as most of them
> duplicate framebuffer functionality or have unknown (not clearly
> defined) functionality or at least solve a generic problem with a custom
> ioctl (which I consider bad). I had a patch ready to move this stuff to
> an extra file and print a warning that it is subject to be removed. I
> feel a bit uncomfortable about repairing broken stuff prior to removing it.
> Any comments on this subject?
>
I favour both repairing and removing broken stuff ;)
We may as well fix it if problems are known. Perhaps someone is
hitting the problem at runtime in an older kernel and needs a patch to
backport. Perhaps we later decide to revert the removal, thus
reinstating the known bug.
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