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

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Message-ID: <20121130185755.GA26841@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:57:55 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com>
Cc:	pv-drivers@...are.com, Andy King <acking@...are.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Pv-drivers] [PATCH 12/12] VMCI: Some header and config files.

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:45:44AM -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> However you snipped the rest of my reply: do we really need to renumber 
> ioctls? There is no benefit for the driver as its ioctl handler does
> not parse the numbers into components.

I don't know if you need to renumber, I really don't understand what you
were trying to do with this code, and as it was acting differently from
all other kernel ioctl declarations, I asked for some clarity.

If you can rewrite it to look sane, and keep the same numbers, that's
fine with me.

thanks,

greg k-h
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