linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/9] rfkill: Userspace control for airplane mode

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Message-ID: <CAGRGNgVwSPn4rc+19q7VVVL8V8zK=ubbF7in00HBYnsc1-WKWw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 10 Feb 2016 09:01:05 +1100
From:	Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>
To:	João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprvita@...il.com>
Cc:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux@...lessm.com,
	João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprvita@...lessm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] rfkill: Userspace control for airplane mode

Hi All,

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 8:36 AM, João Paulo Rechi Vita
<jprvita@...il.com> wrote:
> Provide an interface for the airplane-mode indicator be controlled from
> userspace. User has to first acquire the control through
> RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_ACQUIRE and keep the fd open for the whole time
> it wants to be in control of the indicator. Closing the fd or using
> RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_RELEASE restores the default policy.
>
> To change state of the indicator, the RFKILL_OP_AIRPLANE_MODE_CHANGE
> operation is used, passing the value on "struct rfkill_event.soft". If
> the caller has not acquired the airplane-mode control beforehand, the
> operation fails.
>
> Signed-off-by: João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprvita@...lessm.com>

This looks sane to me.

Reviewed-by: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>

Thanks,

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Julian Calaby

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