Re: Broken ioctl error returns (was Re: [PATCH 2/3] block: fail SCSIpassthrough ioctls on partition devices)

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Fri Jan 06 2012 - 21:08:09 EST


On 05-01-2012 17:09, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> On 05-01-2012 15:47, Linus Torvalds wrote:

>> Can you test the patch with some media capture apps (preferably with
>> the obvious fix for the problem that Paulo already pointed out -
>> although that won't actually matter until some block driver starts
>> using ENOIOCTLCMD there, so even the unfixed patch should mostly work
>> for testing)?
>
> Sure. I'm currently traveling, so I have just my "first aids kit" of devices
> but they should be enough for testing it. I'll return you as soon as I finish
> compiling the kernel on this slow 4 years-old notebook and run some
> tests with the usual applications.

I did a quick test today: didn't notice any regressions with the usual
applications.

Regards,
Mauro
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