linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/12] VMCI: Some header and config files.

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Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:47:46 -0800 (PST)
From:	Andy King <acking@...are.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	George Zhang <georgezhang@...are.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, pv-drivers@...are.com,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/12] VMCI: Some header and config files.

I didn't get the resend either, so it seems our corporate mail really is
eating messages.  Lovely.

> > > +#define IOCTLCMD(_cmd) IOCTL_VMCI_ ## _cmd
> > 
> > I don't recall ever getting a valid answer for this (if you did, my
> > appologies, can you repeat it).  What in the world are you talking
> > about here?  Why is your driver somehow special from the thousands
> > of other ones that use the in-kernel IO macros properly for an
> > ioctl?

Because we're morons.  And unfortunately, we've shipped our product
using those broken definitions: our VMX uses them to talk to the driver.
So here's what we'd like to do.  We will send out a patch soon that
fixes the other issues you mention and also adds IOCTL definitions the
proper way using _IOBLAH().  But we'd also like to retain these broken
definitions for a short period, commented as such, at least until we
can get out a patch release to Workstation 9, at which point we can
remove them.  Does that sound reasonable?

Thanks!
- Andy
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