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Date:   Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:11:30 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: android: vsoc: Remove
 VSOC_WAIT_FOR_INCOMING_INTERRUPT
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On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 10:15:18PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 9:27 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 09:21:19PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 9:10 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 08:56:02PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> > > > > As mentioned in TODO list, Removed VSOC_WAIT_FOR_INCOMING_INTERRUPT
> > > > > ioctl. This functionality has been superseded by the futex and is
> > > > > there for legacy reasons.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@gmail.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/staging/android/uapi/vsoc_shm.h | 7 -------
> > > > >  drivers/staging/android/vsoc.c          | 5 -----
> > > > >  2 files changed, 12 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > So userspace is all fixed up now and this ioctl can be dropped?  Any
> > > > pointers to the userspace commit that did this?
> > >
> > > I am not sure about user space part.
> >
> > Then we can not just delete the ioctl :)
> 
> Agree, but where to verify the user space commit ?
> Any pointer to the source code path ?

Please work with the android developers to solve this.  It should be in
AOSP "somewhere" :(

good luck,

greg k-h