Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:25:23 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/fs/procfs procfs_ioctl.c src/sys/kern sys_generic.c Message-ID: <20050630072523.GA57564@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <200506300019.j5U0J9TJ054902@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200506300019.j5U0J9TJ054902@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 12:19:08AM +0000, Peter Wemm wrote: > Conditionally weaken sys_generic.c rev 1.136 to allow certain dubious > ioctl numbers in backwards compatability mode. eg: an IOC_IN ioctl with > a size of zero. Traditionally this was what you did before IOC_VOID > existed, and we had some established users of this in the tree, namely > procfs. Certain 3rd party drivers with binary userland components also > have this too. I think this might fix this PR? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/78664 David.
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