Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 29 May 2003 13:25:17 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: must-fix list, v5 |
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Hi!
> This part won't work on sparc64 because it has separate address spaces > for user/kernel. > > Yes, in fact I happen to be working in this area hold on... > > I'm redoing Andi's x86_64 ioctl32 bug fixes more cleanly > for sparc64 by instead using alloc_user_space(). > > Sorry Andi, I just couldn't bring myself to allow those bogus > artificial limits you added just to fix these bugs... :-) > > This work also pointed out many bugs in this area which should > be fixed by my stuff. (CDROMREAD* ioctls don't take struct cdrom_read > they take struct cdrom_msf which is compatible, struct > cdrom_generic_command32 was missing some members, etc. etc.) > > This is a 2.4.x patch but should be easy to push over to the 2.5.x > ioctl stuff using the appropriate compat types.
It had to be applied by hand, otherwise okay... Mostly.
What is copy_in_user?
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