linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 13/22] compat_ioctl: scsi: move ioctl handling into drivers

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Message-ID: <20200102163321.GA129642@stefanha-x1.localdomain>
Date:   Thu, 2 Jan 2020 16:33:21 +0000
From:   Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Doug Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>,
        Kai Mäkisara <Kai.Makisara@...umbus.fi>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@...cle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>,
        Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@....com>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        Martin Wilck <mwilck@...e.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>, Iustin Pop <iustin@...24.org>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 13/22] compat_ioctl: scsi: move ioctl handling into
 drivers

On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 03:55:31PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Each driver calling scsi_ioctl() gets an equivalent compat_ioctl()
> handler that implements the same commands by calling scsi_compat_ioctl().
> 
> The scsi_cmd_ioctl() and scsi_cmd_blk_ioctl() functions are compatible
> at this point, so any driver that calls those can do so for both native
> and compat mode, with the argument passed through compat_ptr().
> 
> With this, we can remove the entries from fs/compat_ioctl.c.  The new
> code is larger, but should be easier to maintain and keep updated with
> newly added commands.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  drivers/block/virtio_blk.c |   3 +
>  drivers/scsi/ch.c          |   9 ++-
>  drivers/scsi/sd.c          |  50 ++++++--------
>  drivers/scsi/sg.c          |  44 ++++++++-----
>  drivers/scsi/sr.c          |  57 ++++++++++++++--
>  drivers/scsi/st.c          |  51 ++++++++------
>  fs/compat_ioctl.c          | 132 +------------------------------------
>  7 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 204 deletions(-)

virtio_blk.c changes:

Acked-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>

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