Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 22 Sep 2000 00:08:14 +0200 | From | Abramo Bagnara <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] ioctl(2) return value |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Abramo Bagnara wrote: > > > > In ALSA we use the return value from ioctl as a simple way to return a > > positive number to user space (if the return value is less than 0 we got > > error, of course) > > Looks fine to me. It's how most UNIX system calls work, I don't see why > ioctl() should be any different. > > Linus
Cause my fault in sending to bad lkml address this answer has never reached the list.
I'm sorry (now I've updated my address book).
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