[alsa-devel] [PATCH v4 0/4] ALSA: seq: obsolete change of address limit

[Takashi Iwai]

On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 03:13:32 +0200,
Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
> 
> ALSA sequencer core has two types of clients; application and kernel.
> For kernel clients, the core should handle data in kernel space, meanwhile
> this is achieved with a hack of change of address limit. This should be
> purged.
> 
> This patchset is a revised version of my previous one:
> [alsa-devel] obsolete change of address limit
> http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2016-August/110937.html
> 
> Changes in v2:
>  - Use '_IOC_SIZE' macro to calculate the size of argument of ioctl command.
>  - Keep redundant longer name.
>  - Improve comments.
>  - Merge some patches relevant to the same features.
> 
> Changes in v3:
>  - Improve series of patch
>  - Use 'dir' field of ioctl command to detect the length of argument
> 
> Changes in v4:
>  - Update kernel API documentation
>  - Use logical AND to detect ioctl direction
> 
> Takashi Sakamoto (4):
>   ALSA: seq: add documentation for snd_seq_kernel_client_ctl
>   ALSA: seq: add an alternative way to handle ioctl requests
>   ALSA: seq: change ioctl command operation to get data in kernel space
>   ALSA: seq: obsolete change of address limit

Applied all four patches now.  Thanks!


Takashi