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SubjectRe: ioctl32_unregister_conversion & modules
Hi!

> > Fixing that would require resgister_ioctl32_conversion() to have 3-rd
> > parameter "this module" and some magic inside fs/compat_ioctl.c,
> > right?
>
> That would do it. I would suggest seperating out the static translation
> handlers and the dynamically registered ones. Now that you're adding
> in module owner info, the translation tables are going to start bloating
> up like crazy.
>
> I'm still upset about going from 32-bit --> 64-bit entries on
> sparc64 :-(

So... Do you think moving common handlers from arch/*/ioctl32.c into
fs/compat_ioctl.c would do the trick?
Pavel
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