Re: [PATCH] ext4: use generic names for generic ioctls

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On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 04:09:09PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Don't define EXT4_IOC_* aliases to ioctls that already have a generic
> FS_IOC_* name.  These aliases are unnecessary, and they make it unclear
> which ioctls are ext4-specific and which are generic.
> 
> Exception: leave EXT4_IOC_GETVERSION_OLD and EXT4_IOC_SETVERSION_OLD
> as-is for now, since renaming them to FS_IOC_GETVERSION and
> FS_IOC_SETVERSION would probably make them more likely to be confused
> with EXT4_IOC_GETVERSION and EXT4_IOC_SETVERSION which also exist.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted



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