Re: [PATCH 0/3] fbdev: stop using compat_alloc_user_space

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 10:54 PM Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Daniel/Arnd.
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 02:48:08PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 12:08:10PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > The fbdev code uses compat_alloc_user_space in a few of its
> > > compat_ioctl handlers, which tends to be a bit more complicated
> > > and error-prone than calling the underlying handlers directly,
> > > so I would like to remove it completely.
> > >
> > > This modifies two such functions in fbdev, and removes another
> > > one that is completely unused.
> > >
> > >     Arnd
> > >
> > > Arnd Bergmann (3):
> > >   fbdev: simplify fb_getput_cmap()
> > >   fbdev: sbuslib: remove unused FBIOSCURSOR32 helper
> > >   fbdev: sbuslib: remove compat_alloc_user_space usage
> >
> > Looks all good, but we're also kinda looking for a new volunteer for
> > handling fbdev patches ... drm-misc commit rights, still not interested?
>
> Hi Daniel - I read the above as an a-b. And Arnd did not take the bait
> it seems.

Ah right, I meant to reply but then forgot about it.

I don't really want commit access, thanks for the offer.

> Hi Arnd. checkpatch complained about some whitespace, which I fixed
> while applying.
> Will push to drm-misc-next tomorrow unless I hear anything else.

Great, thanks!

        Arnd