Re: [PATCH] tty add compat_ioctl method

[Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>]

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> Looks ok mostly. Just some details:
> ...
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
>> +	long (*compat_ioctl)(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * file,
>> +			     unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
>> +#endif
> 
> I wouldn't hide this inside of an #ifdef. The structures are all static
> and therefore a single field per driver doesn't add much bload, but
> being able to always assign the .compat_ioctl pointer makes the code
> somewhat nicer

OK

>> --- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c	2006-11-29 15:57:37.000000000 -0600
>> +++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c	2007-04-30 14:51:01.000000000 -0500
>> @@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ static int tty_open(struct inode *, stru
>>  static int tty_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
>>  int tty_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * file,
>>  	      unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
>> +long tty_compat_ioctl(struct file * file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
>> +#endif
>>  static int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file * filp, int on);
>>  static void release_mem(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx);
> 
> declarations should never be hidden inside of an #ifdef. If you want to be
> extra clever here, you can do

OK, I have no problem with that.
A declaration without implementation won't generate a warning?

> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> long tty_compat_ioctl(struct file * file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
> #else
> #define tty_compat_ioctl NULL
> #endif
> 
> then you don't need an #ifdef in the code setting the function pointers.

OK

>> +	tty = (struct tty_struct *)file->private_data;
> 
> no need for the cast, ->private_data is void*.

Yes, an easy fix.

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Paul