Re: [PATCH 2/2] uio: do not expose inode to uio open/release hooks

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Dec 11 2012 - 18:20:23 EST


On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:12:02AM +0100, Benedikt Spranger wrote:
> The inode parameter is unused by in kernel users of UIO.

Ok.

> Also the inode parameter makes it hard to resolve the existing open(),
> mmap() and close() difficulty.

I don't understand, what do you mean by this? What is this parameter
causing problems with?

greg k-h
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