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From: Manoj Kumar <manoj@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] cxlflash: Remove adapter file descriptor cache
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 07:18:25 -0500
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On 8/9/2016 6:40 PM, Matthew R. Ochs wrote:
> The adapter file descriptor was previously cached within the kernel
> for a given context in order to support performing a close on behalf
> of an application. This is no longer needed as applications are now
> required to perform a close on the adapter file descriptor.
>
> Inspired-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew R. Ochs <mrochs@linux.vnet.ibm.com>