Greg KH wrote:
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> Why do we need ioctls?  For CUSE?  In that case, would we need to copy
> the memory from userspace, into the kernel, and then back out into
> userspace again?  Can't we just have a "pass-through" type fixed ioctl
> instead?

Can you elaborate a bit?  How the fixed ioctl would know how much to
copy in and out and from where?

Thanks.

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tejun
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