[vbox-dev] [RFC] VGDrvCommonIoCtl: Add f32bit flag argument

[Hans de Goede]

On 14-08-17 09:27, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Note to linux-kernel readers: This Cc-ed to linux-kernel because it is
> relevant for the "[RFC 0/2] Add Virtual Box vboxguest and vboxsf guest
> drivers to the mainline kernel" thread.
> 
> Hi Michael, Knut,
> 
> My first submission of the vboxguest driver for inclusion into
> the Linux kernel has lead to some questions about the use of the
> VBOXGUEST_IOCTL_FLAG to differentiate between 32 and 64 bit
> ioctls. Under Linux this is not necessary, as the driver already
> knows if it is serving a 32 bit compat or a regular ioctl.
> 
> So I've come up with this patch to make VBOXGUEST_IOCTL_FLAG
> always 0 under Linux. I was hoping the f32bit flag could be
> used under more platforms so that it would actually be a cleanup,
> but it seems that Linux is the only platform with a compat_ioctl
> callback in its file-operations struct.
> 
> Please let me know if you would be willing to merge this patch
> into upstream VirtualBox.

p.s.

I've only tested this patch with Linux!