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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:44:23 -0700
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 01:41:11PM -0700, Vineeth Remanan Pillai wrote:
> Yes, the use case is out-of-tree and the code snippet above depicts the use

Case closed then.  If it doesn't affect any in-tree code please don't
bother spamming linux lists with your self-inflicted wounds.