Re: [PATCH 2.5.45] Export blkdev_ioctl for raw block driver.

Bob Miller
2002-11-01T00:42:08Z

On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 05:20:07PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 07:11:19PM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote:

Stuff deleted...

> > Why not use ioctl_by_bdev() in the first place? (and yes, it's very likely
> > my fault - I hadn't realized that raw.c went modular at some point).
> Didn't know about ioctl_by_bdev()... I'll make a patch that converts
> the raw driver to call it instead of blkdev_ioctl().
>

# This is a BitKeeper generated patch for the following project:
# Project Name: Linux kernel tree
# This patch format is intended for GNU patch command version 2.5 or higher.
# This patch includes the following deltas:
# ChangeSet 1.869 -> 1.870
# drivers/char/raw.c 1.23 -> 1.24
#
# The following is the BitKeeper ChangeSet Log
# --------------------------------------------
# 02/10/31 rem@doc.pdx.osdl.net 1.870
# Changed raw driver to call ioctl_by_bdev() instead of
# blkdev_ioctl() so that it will build as a module.
# --------------------------------------------
#
diff -Nru a/drivers/char/raw.c b/drivers/char/raw.c
--- a/drivers/char/raw.c Thu Oct 31 17:34:56 2002
+++ b/drivers/char/raw.c Thu Oct 31 17:34:56 2002
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
{
struct block_device *bdev = filp->private_data;

- return blkdev_ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, NULL, command, arg);
+ return ioctl_by_bdev(bdev, command, arg);
}

/*