[RFC] what's struct ipmi_file_private ->file for?

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* [RFC] what's struct ipmi_file_private ->file for?
@ 2019-04-13  0:47 Al Viro
  2019-04-13  1:47 ` Corey Minyard
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Al Viro @ 2019-04-13  0:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Corey Minyard; +Cc: linux-kernel

	AFAICS, nothing has ever used that; am I, by any
chance, missing some nasty macros in there?  Just curious...

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* Re: [RFC] what's struct ipmi_file_private ->file for?
  2019-04-13  0:47 [RFC] what's struct ipmi_file_private ->file for? Al Viro
@ 2019-04-13  1:47 ` Corey Minyard
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Corey Minyard @ 2019-04-13  1:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Al Viro; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 01:47:57AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> 	AFAICS, nothing has ever used that; am I, by any
> chance, missing some nasty macros in there?  Just curious...

I'm not sure why it's there, but it's been there since 2003 when
the driver was first added.  I've queued a patch to remove it.

Thanks,

-corey

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