>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew R Ochs <mrochs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Matthew> Caching the adapter file descriptor and performing a close on Matthew> behalf of an application is a poor design. This is due to the Matthew> fact that once a file descriptor in installed, it is free to be Matthew> altered without the knowledge of the cxlflash driver. This can Matthew> lead to inconsistencies between the application and Matthew> kernel. Furthermore, the nature of the former design is more Matthew> exploitable and thus should be abandoned. Matthew> To support applications performing a close on the adapter file Matthew> that is associated with a context, a new flag is introduced to Matthew> the user API to indicate to applications that they are Matthew> responsible for the close following the cleanup (detach) of a Matthew> context. The documentation is also updated to reflect this Matthew> change in behavior. Applied patches 4 through 6 to 4.9/scsi-queue. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
