From: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
hch@lst.de, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] fbdev: stop using compat_alloc_user_space
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:48:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200918124808.GD438822@phenom.ffwll.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200918100812.1447443-1-arnd@arndb.de>
On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 12:08:10PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The fbdev code uses compat_alloc_user_space in a few of its
> compat_ioctl handlers, which tends to be a bit more complicated
> and error-prone than calling the underlying handlers directly,
> so I would like to remove it completely.
>
> This modifies two such functions in fbdev, and removes another
> one that is completely unused.
>
> Arnd
>
> Arnd Bergmann (3):
> fbdev: simplify fb_getput_cmap()
> fbdev: sbuslib: remove unused FBIOSCURSOR32 helper
> fbdev: sbuslib: remove compat_alloc_user_space usage
Looks all good, but we're also kinda looking for a new volunteer for
handling fbdev patches ... drm-misc commit rights, still not interested?
-Daniel
>
> drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 44 +++++------
> drivers/video/fbdev/sbuslib.c | 124 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 2 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.27.0
>
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Daniel Vetter
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-18 12:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-18 10:08 [PATCH 0/3] fbdev: stop using compat_alloc_user_space Arnd Bergmann
2020-09-18 10:09 ` [PATCH 1/3] fbdev: simplify fb_getput_cmap() Arnd Bergmann
2020-09-18 10:09 ` [PATCH 2/3] fbdev: sbuslib: remove unused FBIOSCURSOR32 helper Arnd Bergmann
2020-09-18 10:09 ` [PATCH 3/3] fbdev: sbuslib: remove compat_alloc_user_space usage Arnd Bergmann
2020-09-18 12:48 ` Daniel Vetter [this message]
2020-09-24 20:54 ` [PATCH 0/3] fbdev: stop using compat_alloc_user_space Sam Ravnborg
2020-09-25 11:31 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-09-25 14:39 ` Sam Ravnborg
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