linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] fs: remove ksys

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Date:   Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:09:32 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] fs: remove ksys_dup()

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 6:08 AM Dominik Brodowski
<linux@...inikbrodowski.net> wrote:
>
> -       if (ksys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
> +       file = filp_open((const char *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0);

You need to remove the now pointless cast too.

                        Linus