linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i8k: fix ioctl handing (was Re: Linux 3.3-rc5)

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFx76KoXN1oC43PpSiSy9MdExWfQoPLUH3yZAM==ULMGwg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 1 Mar 2012 19:25:46 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i8k: fix ioctl handing (was Re: Linux 3.3-rc5)

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com> wrote:
>
> I'm still not 100% happy with the arg/argp passing to i8ki_unlocked_ioctl() though.
> Shouldn't there be a compat_ptr() macro in there someplace?

Yes, I think you should have "compat_ptr(arg)" there.

Patch looks good. And perhaps i8k_get_bios_version() should be renamed
to "i8k_get_smm_bios_version()" to not cause this crazy confusion
again.

                    Linus
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