linux-kernel - Re: ioctl definition - has it changed recently?

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Message-Id: <201008160917.23260.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:17:22 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	piotr@...owicz.com
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ioctl definition - has it changed recently?

On Monday 16 August 2010 09:11:33 Piotr Hosowicz wrote:
> > and then make it use the unlocked_ioctl operation.
> 
> This I do not know. Can You help me?
> 

Just take a look at all the other patches that went into the
kernel to do this for other drivers. You only really
need to change the line with .ioctl=... to .unlocked_ioctl=
and change the prototype of the referenced function to

static long foo_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)

	Arnd
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