From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org>,
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
dri-devel <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] fbdev: stop using compat_alloc_user_space
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:39:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200925143937.GA1929717@ravnborg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a1P=oY9XexnXjk6F_wcbm8OnZ=70rXPTRED+Z6LjU9_QA@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 01:31:51PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 10:54 PM Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Daniel/Arnd.
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 02:48:08PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > > 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?
> >
> > Hi Daniel - I read the above as an a-b. And Arnd did not take the bait
> > it seems.
>
> Ah right, I meant to reply but then forgot about it.
>
> I don't really want commit access, thanks for the offer.
>
> > Hi Arnd. checkpatch complained about some whitespace, which I fixed
> > while applying.
> > Will push to drm-misc-next tomorrow unless I hear anything else.
>
> Great, thanks!
Pushed now.
Sam
prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-25 14:39 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 ` [PATCH 0/3] fbdev: stop using compat_alloc_user_space Daniel Vetter
2020-09-24 20:54 ` Sam Ravnborg
2020-09-25 11:31 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-09-25 14:39 ` Sam Ravnborg [this message]
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