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Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:17:58 +0200
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From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] Fix year 2038 issue for sound subsystem
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:15:05 +0200,
Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 01:07:37PM +0900, Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
> 
> > I note that at a development period for v4.5 kernel, ALSA developers
> > (mainly Iwai-san) fixed x32 ABI compatibility bugs. Then I prepared for
> > a rough set of test for ioctl command[3] to check his work. The set will
> > partly help your work, I think (but it's really rough).
> 
> Might it be worth trying to get these added to kselftest?  Seems like
> the sort of thing that fits well there and it'd make it more
> discoverable.

Yes, that sounds like a sensible option.
Some ioctl sanity checks can be done well without hardware, too.


thanks,

Takashi