RE: [PATCH v3 09/26] compat_ioctl: move drivers to compat_ptr_ioctl

> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 10:19:47PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > Each of these drivers has a copy of the same trivial helper function > > to convert the pointer argument and then call the native ioctl handler. > > > > We now have a generic implementation of that, so use it. > > > >

RE: [PATCH 05/15] mei: make device_type const

> Subject: [PATCH 05/15] mei: make device_type const > > Make this const as it is only stored in the type field of a device structure, > which is const. > Done using Coccinelle. > > Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal > --- > drivers/misc/mei/bus.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1

Re: [PATCH v1 1/8] lib/uuid: Introduce uuid_{be|le}_cmp_p{p}() helpers

On Sun, 2017-04-23 at 15:42 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 1:29 PM, Winkler, Tomas <tomas.winkler@intel. > com> wrote: > > > New helpers take pointers to uuid_{be|le} as parameters. > > > > > > When using them on a raw data we don

RE: [PATCH v1 1/8] lib/uuid: Introduce uuid_{be|le}_cmp_p{p}() helpers

> New helpers take pointers to uuid_{be|le} as parameters. > > When using them on a raw data we don't need to do an ugly dereference and, > in some cases, a type casting. > > Cc: Andrew Morton > Cc: Arnd Bergmann > Cc: Liam Girdwood

RE: [PATCH char-misc] mei: bus: () can be static

-Original Message- From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpen...@oracle.com] Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 11:41 To: Wu, Fengguang Cc: Winkler, Tomas; Greg Kroah-Hartman; Haiyang Zhang; linux- ker...@vger.kernel.org; Nick Meier; kbuild-...@01.org; de...@linuxdriverproject.org Subject

RE: backporting stable fixes to staging after driver graduation

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 02:17:26PM +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote: I'd like to ask what is the policy for back porting fixes for drivers that already graduated from staging but the fix is needed in kernel version where it is still in the staging. Same as anything else, just provide the