Re: [PATCH] cosa.h ioctl numbers

From: Andreas Schwab
Date: Thu Dec 02 2004 - 08:59:25 EST


Jan Kasprzak <kas@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> : > /* Write the block to the device memory (i.e. download the microcode) */
> : > -#define COSAIODOWNLD _IOW('C',0xf2, struct cosa_download)
> : > +#define COSAIODOWNLD _IOW('C',0xf2, struct cosa_download *)
> :
> : Isn't that rather misleading? I suppose the real argument is
> : 'struct cosa_download', so you should have some kind of comment there,
> : e.g.
> :
> : #define COSAIODOWNLD _IOW('C',0xf2, long) /* actually struct cosa_download */
>
> Well, the third argument of ioctl(2) is of type
> struct cosa_download *.
>
> OK, second try with comments added.

If you want real compatibility you should use size_t, which is what 2.4 is
effectively using.

Andreas.

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