From: tytso@mit.edu
To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@sun.com>, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: Conditionally define compat ioctl numbers
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 11:22:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100525152219.GM5556@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100525151548.GL5556@thunk.org>
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 11:15:48AM -0400, tytso@MIT.EDU wrote:
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:30:22AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > It is unnecessary, and in general impossible, to define the compat
> > ioctl numbers except when building the filesystem with CONFIG_COMPAT
> > defined.
>
> Umm.... why? (The impossible part) I think I'm missing something here.
>
Oh, right. The type widths might not be guaranteed (or even defined).
Never mind...
- Ted
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-25 15:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-20 23:30 [PATCH 1/2] ext4: Conditionally define compat ioctl numbers Ben Hutchings
2010-05-20 23:34 ` [PATCH 2/2] ext4: Fix compat EXT4_IOC_ADD_GROUP Ben Hutchings
2010-05-21 4:41 ` Andreas Dilger
2010-05-25 15:08 ` tytso
2010-05-25 15:25 ` tytso
2010-05-25 15:15 ` [PATCH 1/2] ext4: Conditionally define compat ioctl numbers tytso
2010-05-25 15:22 ` tytso [this message]
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