linux-kernel - Re: consolidate the compat fcntl definitions

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Date:   Tue, 11 Jan 2022 16:46:21 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:BROADCOM NVRAM DRIVER" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        Parisc List <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        linux-s390 <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>,
        sparclinux <sparclinux@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: consolidate the compat fcntl definitions

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 9:35 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> currenty the compat fcnt definitions are duplicate for all compat
> architectures, and the native fcntl64 definitions aren't even usable
> from userspace due to a bogus CONFIG_64BIT ifdef.  This series tries
> to sort out all that.

The changes look good, but I have the same comment on your last patch that
I had for Guo Ren's version. Once we have resolved that, I can apply the
series in the asm-generic tree, or provide an Ack to have it all merged
along with the compat mode changes in the risc-v tree.

       Arnd