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Date:   Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:48:08 +0200
From:   Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc:     linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>, hch@lst.de,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] fbdev: stop using compat_alloc_user_space
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On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 12:08:10PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The fbdev code uses compat_alloc_user_space in a few of its
> compat_ioctl handlers, which tends to be a bit more complicated
> and error-prone than calling the underlying handlers directly,
> so I would like to remove it completely.
> 
> This modifies two such functions in fbdev, and removes another
> one that is completely unused.
> 
>     Arnd
> 
> Arnd Bergmann (3):
>   fbdev: simplify fb_getput_cmap()
>   fbdev: sbuslib: remove unused FBIOSCURSOR32 helper
>   fbdev: sbuslib: remove compat_alloc_user_space usage

Looks all good, but we're also kinda looking for a new volunteer for
handling fbdev patches ... drm-misc commit rights, still not interested?
-Daniel

> 
>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c |  44 +++++------
>  drivers/video/fbdev/sbuslib.c    | 124 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  2 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.27.0
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Daniel Vetter
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