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On 2015-11-09 14:46, Brian Norris wrote:
>
> No, and that's the point of "getting" the device, without actually
> releasing it. (Andrew's suggestion is essentially a
> nand_release_device().) We don't want any other process picking up any
> I/O at this point. I suppose there really is no way to begin any new
> I/O, but it does seem possible for the last operation to still be in
> flight, at least according to Scott's reports.

That right there. is the very reason I questioned whether my approach was 
sufficient.

~~Andrew E. Mileski