Re: [PATCH v2 05/17] compat_ioctl: move more drivers to generic_compat_ioctl_ptrarg

Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2018-09-12T16:01:31Z

Em Wed, 12 Sep 2018 17:08:52 +0200
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> escreveu:

> The .ioctl and .compat_ioctl file operations have the same prototype so
> they can both point to the same function, which works great almost all
> the time when all the commands are compatible.
>
> One exception is the s390 architecture, where a compat pointer is only
> 31 bit wide, and converting it into a 64-bit pointer requires calling
> compat_ptr(). Most drivers here will ever run in s390, but since we now
> have a generic helper for it, it's easy enough to use it consistently.
>
> I double-checked all these drivers to ensure that all ioctl arguments
> are used as pointers or are ignored, but are not interpreted as integer
> values.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---

> drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c | 4 +---

> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
> index f862f1b7f996..077209f414ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
> @@ -730,9 +730,7 @@ static const struct file_operations lirc_fops = {
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> .write = ir_lirc_transmit_ir,
> .unlocked_ioctl = ir_lirc_ioctl,
> -#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> - .compat_ioctl = ir_lirc_ioctl,
> -#endif
> + .compat_ioctl = generic_compat_ioctl_ptrarg,
> .read = ir_lirc_read,
> .poll = ir_lirc_poll,
> .open = ir_lirc_open,

Adding an infrared remote controller to a s390 mainframe sounds fun :-)

I suspect that one could implement it on a s390 platform
using gpio-ir-recv and/or gpio-ir-tx drivers. Perhaps one possible
practical usage would be to let the mainframe to send remote
controller codes to adjust the air conditioning system ;-)

From lirc driver's PoV, there's nothing that really prevents one to
do that and use lirc API, and the driver is generic enough to work
on any hardware platform.

I didn't check the implementation of generic_compat_ioctl_ptrarg(),
but assuming it is ok,

Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>

Thanks,
Mauro