Re: [PATCH] rtc subsystem, use ENOIOCTLCMD where appropriate

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Ingo Oeser wrote:
> Hi Hans Peter,
>
> H. Peter Anvin wrote
> > ENOIOCTLCMD is right here, *except* in the very last hunk, because
> > it's a request to the upper layers to emulate the operation:
>
> So would a patch like this be welcome and clear this up?
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/errno.h b/include/linux/errno.h
> index d90b80f..d33ae4b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/errno.h
> +++ b/include/linux/errno.h
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
>  #define ERESTARTSYS	512
>  #define ERESTARTNOINTR	513
>  #define ERESTARTNOHAND	514	/* restart if no handler.. */
> -#define ENOIOCTLCMD	515	/* No ioctl command */
> +#define ENOIOCTLCMD	515	/* No ioctl command, upper layer please emulate or pass ENOTTY to user space */
>  #define ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK 516 /* restart by calling sys_restart_syscall */
>  
>  /* Defined for the NFSv3 protocol */

Sure, if people feel it's necessary.

	-hpa
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