Re: [PATCH 1/1] UIO: Add a write() function to enable/disable interrupts

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello Tom,

Tom Spink wrote:
> The added benefit is that the code becomes less complex, as you don't
> have to check buffer sizes and copy the integer from userspace.
AFAIK this is wrong.  You need to copy the integer from userspace in
uio_ioctl.  Actually it's a value coming from user space, so you need to
do it somewhere.

Best regards
Uwe

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