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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3] fbdev: stop using compat_alloc_user_space
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.

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

Sam


> -Daniel
>
> >
> > drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 44 +++++------
> > drivers/video/fbdev/sbuslib.c | 124 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
> > 2 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
> >
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> Daniel Vetter
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