Re: [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: Remove fat ioctl's from ntfs3 driver for now

From: Konstantin Komarov
Date: Tue Aug 31 2021 - 12:19:48 EST




On 24.08.2021 21:20, Kari Argillander wrote:
> For some reason we have FAT ioctl calls. Even old ntfs driver did not
> use these. We should not use these because it his hard to get things out
> of kernel when they are upstream. That's why we remove these for now.
>
> More discussion is needed what ioctl should be implemented and what is
> important.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kari Argillander <kari.argillander@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Earlier disgussion with Pali can be founded here:
> lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20210824113304.eabzy7ulbuouzlac@pali/
> ---
> fs/ntfs3/file.c | 8 --------
> 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/file.c b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
> index 59344985c2e8..819afc4c902b 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/file.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
> @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
> #include <linux/compat.h>
> #include <linux/falloc.h>
> #include <linux/fiemap.h>
> -#include <linux/msdos_fs.h> /* FAT_IOCTL_XXX */
> #include <linux/nls.h>
>
> #include "debug.h"
> @@ -50,15 +49,8 @@ static long ntfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, u32 cmd, unsigned long arg)
> {
> struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
> struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
> - u32 __user *user_attr = (u32 __user *)arg;
>
> switch (cmd) {
> - case FAT_IOCTL_GET_ATTRIBUTES:
> - return put_user(le32_to_cpu(ntfs_i(inode)->std_fa), user_attr);
> -
> - case FAT_IOCTL_GET_VOLUME_ID:
> - return put_user(sbi->volume.ser_num, user_attr);
> -
> case FITRIM:
> return ntfs_ioctl_fitrim(sbi, arg);
> }
>

Hi, Kari!

Applied, thanks.

Best regards.