Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 6 May 2003 23:38:53 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: ioctl cleanups: move SG_IO translation where it belongs |
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Hi!
> > This enables sharing of 200 lines of SG_IO support by all 64-bit > > architectures. If it looks okay, more such patches will follow. > > > I currently have some patches for this function pending. When an > unchanged data buffer is passed it is ok to just verify_area it, no need > to kmalloc and copy. This simplifies this handler vastly. > > Here is the part from the 2.4 patch; haven't tried it with 2.5 yet, > but should apply there too. > > Also adds some boundary checking.
I'll merge it. Can you mail me whole 2.4 patch [I had it but deleted it, sorry]. I'll attempt to port it to 2.5 and return it back to you...
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