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Subject: Re: [PATCH] macros to detect existance of unlocked_ioctl and ioctl_compat
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On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 04:06:36PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > It should be, unless there's some problem.  In maybe a week or so.
> 
> To make life bearable for out-of kernel modules, the following patch
> adds 2 macros so that existance of unlocked_ioctl and ioctl_compat
> can be easily detected.

That's not the way we're making additions.  Get your code merged and
there won't be any need to detect the feature.