Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936144AbXJPWYQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:24:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S934737AbXJPWYA (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:24:00 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:37442 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935051AbXJPWX7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:23:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:24:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20071016.152404.35664335.davem@davemloft.net> To: arnd@arndb.de Cc: Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com, jens.axboe@oracle.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: ioctl32: Unknown cmd From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <200710162150.37636.arnd@arndb.de> References: <200710162150.37636.arnd@arndb.de> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.1.52 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 686 Lines: 16 From: Arnd Bergmann Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:50:35 +0200 > The one point where it is expected to have changed now is when you > try to do these ioctls on something that is not a block device. Are > you sure that the files you tried them on were created correctly? Many many many programs do this exact sort of thing. It is one of the bad aspects of moving the compat handling down into the file ops for a specific device. - 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/