Re: [PATCH 1/1] UIO: Add a write() function to enable/disable interrupts
From: Uwe Kleine-König
Date: Fri May 23 2008 - 01:45:50 EST
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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