Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Oct 2006 08:20:32 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] bitmap: bitmap_parse takes a kernel buffer instead of a user buffer | From | inaky@linux ... |
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Hi Andrew
We are going to use this in the Linux UWB project; is it possible/makes it sense to get it in?
> lib/bitmap.c:bitmap_parse() is a library function that received as input a > user buffer. This seemed to have originated from the way the write_proc > function of the /proc filesystem operates. > > This function will be useful for other uses as well; for example, taking > input for /sysfs instead of /proc, so it was changed to accept kernel > buffers. We have this use for the Linux UWB project, as part as the > upcoming bandwidth allocator code. > > Only a few routines used this function and they were changed too. > > Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@linux.intel.com>
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