On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 11:30:53AM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > 3) ->ioctl(). What a mess...
Yup. See also: Subject: [PATCH] dm: support ioctls on mapped devices: fix with fake file http://uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0606.2/2979.html and related threads. > First of all, we have 3 methods with different > calling conventions: > ->ioctl(inode, file, cmd, arg) > ->unlocked_ioctl(inode, file, cmd, arg) When I last looked it was: long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); with the lack of inode forcing dm to use ->ioctl (because file can be NULL when only the block device is known) and immediately drop the pointless-for-us lock! Alasdair -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
