On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 02:19:27AM -0500, Erez Zadok wrote: > > * Invokes filesystem specific ->unlocked_ioctl, if one exists; otherwise > > * invokes * filesystem specific ->ioctl method. If neither method exists, > ^ > > I also think this extra '*' in the last comment line above is spurious, > perhaps the result of a paragraph reformatting command that mixed comment > *'s with text.
Indeed. Updated patch below: Index: linux-2.6/fs/ioctl.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ioctl.c 2008-02-09 07:51:31.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/ioctl.c 2008-02-09 08:21:30.000000000 +0100 @@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ /** * vfs_ioctl - call filesystem specific ioctl methods - * @filp: [in] open file to invoke ioctl method on - * @cmd: [in] ioctl command to execute - * @arg: [in/out] command-specific argument for ioctl + * @filp: open file to invoke ioctl method on + * @cmd: ioctl command to execute + * @arg: command-specific argument for ioctl * * Invokes filesystem specific ->unlocked_ioctl, if one exists; otherwise - * invokes * filesystem specific ->ioctl method. If neither method exists, + * invokes filesystem specific ->ioctl method. If neither method exists, * returns -ENOTTY. * * Returns 0 on success, -errno on error. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/