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FromAndi Kleen <>
Subject[PATCH] [5/30] x86_64: Define IGNORE_IOCTL() macro for compat_ioctls
DateTue, 1 May 2007 05:58:02 +0200 (CEST)
Define a new IGNORE_IOCTL() to let a compat ioctl not be warned about even when
it is not implemented.

This is the same as COMPATIBLE_IOCTL internally, but better self documentng.

Valid reasons to use this:
- It is implemented with ->compat_ioctl on some device, but programs
  call it on others too.
- The ioctl is not implemented in the native kernel, but programs
  call it commonly anyways.
Most other reasons are not valid. 

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

---
 fs/compat_ioctl.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
Index: linux/fs/compat_ioctl.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ linux/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -2396,6 +2396,14 @@ lp_timeout_trans(unsigned int fd, unsign
 #define ULONG_IOCTL(cmd) \
 	{ (cmd), (ioctl_trans_handler_t)sys_ioctl },
 
+/* ioctl should not be warned about even if it's not implemented.
+   Valid reasons to use this:
+   - It is implemented with ->compat_ioctl on some device, but programs
+   call it on others too.
+   - The ioctl is not implemented in the native kernel, but programs
+   call it commonly anyways.
+   Most other reasons are not valid. */
+#define IGNORE_IOCTL(cmd) COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(cmd)
 
 struct ioctl_trans ioctl_start[] = {
 #include <linux/compat_ioctl.h>
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