linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] android: binder: fix type mismatch warning

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:23:03 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        Riley Andrews <riandrews@...roid.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] android: binder: fix type mismatch warning

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 05:53:47PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > It seems like a legitimate use case of the binder modules, but
> > now there is a kernel Kconfig option that has to match a user
> > space binary.
> 
> So, should we revert that?
> 
> I don't really know what to suggest here, sorry...

Keep it as is for now, and encourage people to fix it.  But we should
reject any new patch that makes this worse or adds additional ioctls
that don't follow our normal model.