Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964885AbWHYLCI (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:02:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964882AbWHYLCI (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:02:08 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:38316 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964879AbWHYLCE (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:02:04 -0400 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <200608251217.24543.arnd@arndb.de> References: <200608251217.24543.arnd@arndb.de> <200608250023.13204.arnd@arndb.de> <20060824213316.21323.54434.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <15287.1156498053@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: David Howells , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/17] BLOCK: Move the loop device ioctl compat stuff to the loop driver [try #2] X-Mailer: MH-E 8.0; nmh 1.1; GNU Emacs 22.0.50 Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:01:56 +0100 Message-ID: <13649.1156503716@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 531 Lines: 15 Arnd Bergmann wrote: > My idea was to do the copy_from_user in loop_set_status_compat instead > of loop_info64_from_compat, but your solution should be completely > equivalent. This way will have used less stack when it gets to the main part of the loop driver. David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/