> Please don't do this.
> 
> This is exactly what I feared people would do when is_compat_task()
> was added.  is_compat_task() is for situations where there is
> otherwise no other way to handle the compat situation properly.
> 
> It's not that much work for you to hook up the compat ioctls properly,
> and if you are clever you can do it in such a way that you'll get
> warnings if someone accidently adds a new ioctl but forgets the
> compat bits :-)

There are close to 15 ioctls needing this, so I can add 15 functions to 
unpack and repack stuff or I can add that function, sorry if I'm 
leaning towards a lighter weight solution. I'll add this to my TODO for 
before the next merge window as its definitely more than I can manage now.

Dave.


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