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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: INPUT_COMPAT_TEST
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:40:46 -0700
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On 09/07/2011 11:37 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>
>> I thought there were pointers, (or longs) there too.
>>
>> In fact, we might have had the worst of both worlds here...
>
> The pointers are in ioctl paths (upload of force-feedback effects with
> custom waveforms - noone actually uses them in real life).
>

Ah... we might have lucked out then!

The proc/sysfs issue is still HUGE, however, because that affects all 
the read/write paths *indirectly*.

	-hpa