linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/13] staging/android: remove name arg from sync_file

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Message-ID: <009801d1a4ea$502a5870$f07f0950$@alibaba-inc.com>
Date:	Tue, 03 May 2016 11:17:23 +0800
From:	"Hillf Danton" <hillf.zj@...baba-inc.com>
To:	"'Gustavo Padovan'" <gustavo.padovan@...labora.co.uk>
Cc:	"'linux-kernel'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'Daniel Vetter'" <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/13] staging/android: remove name arg from sync_file_create()

> 
> I think we we will just remove the name arg from the ioctl there.
> SW_SYNC ioctl is only for debugging test, we don't want to publicly
> export its ABI in the kernel uapi headers.
> 
JFYI, be mindful please of removing the arg. If current uses are
broken, the mainline maintainer, MM, can be stung another time.

Hillf