[PATCH 04/13] linux/termios/powerpc: deal with powerpc-unique ioctl emulation

Adhemerval Zanella Netto adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Thu Jun 5 11:46:37 GMT 2025



On 02/06/25 21:03, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> From: "H. Peter Anvin" (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
> 
> The powerpc architecture, only, emulates the termios ioctls using the
> glibc termios structure. Export the real kernel ones as the termios2
> interface; although the kernel doesn't call it termios2, it is exactly
> the termios2 interface, and it avoids the namespace clash between the
> emulated ioctls and the real kernel ioctls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>

LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>

> ---
>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/ioctls.h | 36 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/ioctls.h
> 
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/ioctls.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/ioctls.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e1921dfb86c0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/ioctls.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
> +/* Copyright (C) 1996-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
> +
> +   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> +   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> +   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> +
> +   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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> +   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> +   Lesser General Public License for more details.
> +
> +   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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> +   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> +
> +#ifndef _SYS_IOCTL_H
> +# error "Never use <bits/ioctls.h> directly; include <sys/ioctl.h> instead."
> +#endif
> +
> +/* Use the definitions from the kernel header files.  */
> +#include <asm/ioctls.h>
> +
> +/* PowerPC quirk: on PowerPC only, ioctl() emulates the TCGETS/TCSETS*
> +   ioctls with tcgetattr/tcsetattr using the glibc struct termios.
> +   As struct termios2 is the same as the kernel struct termios on PowerPC,
> +   simply consider the kernel ones as the termios2 interface, even
> +   though the kernel doesn't call it that. */
> +
> +#define TCGETS2	 _IOR ('t', 19, struct termios2)
> +#define TCSETS2	 _IOW ('t', 20, struct termios2)
> +#define TCSETSW2 _IOW ('t', 21, struct termios2)
> +#define TCSETSF2 _IOW ('t', 22, struct termios2)
> +
> +#include <linux/sockios.h>



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