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-rw-r--r--drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c4
-rw-r--r--drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.h15
-rw-r--r--drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c3
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/vboxguest.h4
4 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c
index b690a8a4bf9e..8fab04e76c14 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c
@@ -1520,7 +1520,8 @@ int vbg_core_ioctl(struct vbg_session *session, unsigned int req, void *data)
/* For VMMDEV_REQUEST hdr->type != VBG_IOCTL_HDR_TYPE_DEFAULT */
if (req_no_size == VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST(0) ||
- req == VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST_BIG)
+ req == VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST_BIG ||
+ req == VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST_BIG_ALT)
return vbg_ioctl_vmmrequest(gdev, session, data);
if (hdr->type != VBG_IOCTL_HDR_TYPE_DEFAULT)
@@ -1558,6 +1559,7 @@ int vbg_core_ioctl(struct vbg_session *session, unsigned int req, void *data)
case VBG_IOCTL_HGCM_CALL(0):
return vbg_ioctl_hgcm_call(gdev, session, f32bit, data);
case VBG_IOCTL_LOG(0):
+ case VBG_IOCTL_LOG_ALT(0):
return vbg_ioctl_log(data);
}
diff --git a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.h b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.h
index 4188c12b839f..77c3a9c8255d 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.h
+++ b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.h
@@ -15,6 +15,21 @@
#include <linux/vboxguest.h>
#include "vmmdev.h"
+/*
+ * The mainline kernel version (this version) of the vboxguest module
+ * contained a bug where it defined VBGL_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST_BIG and
+ * VBGL_IOCTL_LOG using _IOC(_IOC_READ | _IOC_WRITE, 'V', ...) instead
+ * of _IO(V, ...) as the out of tree VirtualBox upstream version does.
+ *
+ * These _ALT definitions keep compatibility with the wrong defines the
+ * mainline kernel version used for a while.
+ * Note the VirtualBox userspace bits have always been built against
+ * VirtualBox upstream's headers, so this is likely not necessary. But
+ * we must never break our ABI so we keep these around to be 100% sure.
+ */
+#define VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST_BIG_ALT _IOC(_IOC_READ | _IOC_WRITE, 'V', 3, 0)
+#define VBG_IOCTL_LOG_ALT(s) _IOC(_IOC_READ | _IOC_WRITE, 'V', 9, s)
+
struct vbg_session;
/** VBox guest memory balloon. */
diff --git a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c
index 6e8c0f1c1056..32c2c52f7e84 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ static long vbg_misc_device_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int req,
* the need for a bounce-buffer and another copy later on.
*/
is_vmmdev_req = (req & ~IOCSIZE_MASK) == VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST(0) ||
- req == VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST_BIG;
+ req == VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST_BIG ||
+ req == VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST_BIG_ALT;
if (is_vmmdev_req)
buf = vbg_req_alloc(size, VBG_IOCTL_HDR_TYPE_DEFAULT,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vboxguest.h b/include/uapi/linux/vboxguest.h
index 9cec58a6a5ea..f79d7abe27db 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vboxguest.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vboxguest.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ VMMDEV_ASSERT_SIZE(vbg_ioctl_driver_version_info, 24 + 20);
/* IOCTL to perform a VMM Device request larger then 1KB. */
-#define VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST_BIG _IOC(_IOC_READ | _IOC_WRITE, 'V', 3, 0)
+#define VBG_IOCTL_VMMDEV_REQUEST_BIG _IO('V', 3)
/** VBG_IOCTL_HGCM_CONNECT data structure. */
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ struct vbg_ioctl_log {
} u;
};
-#define VBG_IOCTL_LOG(s) _IOC(_IOC_READ | _IOC_WRITE, 'V', 9, s)
+#define VBG_IOCTL_LOG(s) _IO('V', 9)
/** VBG_IOCTL_WAIT_FOR_EVENTS data structure. */