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Date:   Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:23:24 +0200
From:   David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/17] compat_ioctl: move more drivers to
 generic_compat_ioctl_ptrarg
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On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 05:08:52PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The .ioctl and .compat_ioctl file operations have the same prototype so
> they can both point to the same function, which works great almost all
> the time when all the commands are compatible.
> 
> One exception is the s390 architecture, where a compat pointer is only
> 31 bit wide, and converting it into a 64-bit pointer requires calling
> compat_ptr(). Most drivers here will ever run in s390, but since we now
> have a generic helper for it, it's easy enough to use it consistently.
> 
> I double-checked all these drivers to ensure that all ioctl arguments
> are used as pointers or are ignored, but are not interpreted as integer
> values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---

>  fs/btrfs/super.c                            | 2 +-

Acked-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>