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

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:33:22 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Riley Andrews <riandrews@...roid.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        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 09:23:03AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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.

That sounds reasonable to me, thanks.

greg k-h