Re: [PATCH 1/2] pps: add ioctl_compat function to correct ioctl definitions

[Rodolfo Giometti]

On 02/24/17 21:23, Matt Ranostay wrote:
> ioctl definitions use the pointer size of the architecture which
> is fine when userspace and kernel are the same bitsize. This
> patchset workarounds an issue with mixed bitsize kernel + userspace
> by rewriting the cmd to the kernelspace architecture pointer size.
>
> Cc: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Moritz Fischer <mdf@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: George McCollister <george.mccollister@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Ranostay <matt.ranostay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/pps/pps.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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