linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 12/29] compat_ioctl: move drivers to compat_ptr

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Date:   Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:37:51 +0200
From:   Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 12/29] compat_ioctl: move drivers to compat_ptr_ioctl

On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 21:50:28 +0200
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> 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.
> 
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---

>  drivers/vfio/vfio.c               | 39 +++----------------------------

vfio changes:

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>