Re: [PATCH] compat_sys_read/write

2005-07-28 Thread Stephen Rothwell
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:02:58 +0100 Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And where were you a week ago when I asked if I should post this patch? > > A :-) Can't remember it at all, maybe you forgot that we mere mortals can't > read linux-arch@vger.kernel.org ? Sorry about that, my o

Re: [PATCH] compat_sys_read/write

2005-07-28 Thread Christoph Hellwig
> And where were you a week ago when I asked if I should post this patch? A :-) Can't remember it at all, maybe you forgot that we mere mortals can't read linux-arch@vger.kernel.org ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROT

Re: [PATCH] compat_sys_read/write

2005-07-28 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 01:13:07AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:02:58 +0100 Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > And where were you a week ago when I asked if I should post this patch? > > > > A :-) Can't remember it at all, maybe you forgot that we

Re: [PATCH] compat_sys_read/write

2005-07-28 Thread Stephen Rothwell
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:48:38 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > readv/writev were done ages ago (since they are necessary for other But you are right, compat_sys_readv/writev need adjusting to call the compat_read/write method if they exist ... -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell

Re: [PATCH] compat_sys_read/write

2005-07-28 Thread Stephen Rothwell
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:16:53 +0100 Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This looks totally horrible, especially as we'd need readv/writev and > pread/pwrite aswell. I don't think anyone but Andi actually liked this > approach when discussed earlier. readv/writev were done ages ago (si

Re: [PATCH] compat_sys_read/write

2005-07-28 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 11:43:41PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi all, > > Someone mentioned the mess in evdev.c that is caused by the fact that the > structures that are passed to/from user mode via read/write require > conversion when this API is used from 32 bit tasks on 64 bit kernels. >