RE: [PATCH V3 04/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add open, close and ioctl

[Dragan Cvetic]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday 2 May 2019 18:24
> To: Dragan Cvetic <draganc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: arnd@xxxxxxxx; Michal Simek <michals@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx;
> mark.rutland@xxxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Derek Kiernan <dkiernan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 04/12] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add open, close and ioctl
> 
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 11:04:58PM +0100, Dragan Cvetic wrote:
> > Add char device interface per DT node present and support
> > file operations:
> > - open(),
> > - close(),
> > - unlocked_ioctl(),
> > - compat_ioctl().
> 
> Why do you need compat_ioctl() at all?  Any "new" driver should never
> need it.  Just create your structures properly.

This was a comment from Arnd, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/3/19/377.
Please advise.

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h