Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2.6.24] Add PPC nvram ioctls to compat_ioctl

From: Arnd Bergmann <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 01:34:41 +0100

On Monday 31 December 2007, Olof Johansson wrote:
> Fix the following console warning when running 'nvsetenv', and makes
> setting of new variables work again:
> 
> ioctl32(nvsetenv:4022): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(20007043){t:'p';sz:0}
> arg(00000003) on /dev/nvram
> 
> That's the IOC_NVRAM_SYNC call.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <[email-masked]>
> 
> diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
> index e8b7c3a..7be6765 100644
> --- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c

Please don't. I have this long-term plan of getting rid of fs/compat_ioctl.c,
the better answer is to convert arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c and
drivers/char/generic_nvram.c from the .ioctl file_operation to
.unlocked_ioctl/.compat_ioctl.

	Arnd <><