[PATCH] compat_ioctl: fix block device compat ioctl regression

Jens Axboe jens.axboe at oracle.com
Sat Oct 27 21:34:36 EST 2007


On Sat, Oct 27 2007, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Philip Langdale <philipl at overt.org>
> The conversion of handlers to compat_blkdev_ioctl accidentally
> disabled handling of most ioctl numbers on block devices because
> of a typo. Fix the one line to enable it all again.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> ---
> 
> Mea Culpa. This should have been found by my testing, as it's clear
> that most of my big patch never worked at all. Sorry for causing
> problems for everyone involved here.
> 
> I'm attributing the patch to Philip, as he's the one who pointed
> out to me what the fix is.

Oops, added for swift inclusion.

-- 
Jens Axboe




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