linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 02/17] compat_ioctl: move drivers to generic_compat_ioctl

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Message-ID: <20180912181338.GD15031@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 12 Sep 2018 20:13:38 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/17] compat_ioctl: move drivers to
 generic_compat_ioctl_ptrarg

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 05:01:03PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Each of these drivers has a copy of the same trivial helper function to
> convert the pointer argument and then call the native ioctl handler.
> 
> We now have a generic implementation of that, so use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>