[PATCH 4/6] cxlflash: Transition to application close model

[Martin K. Petersen]

>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew R Ochs <mrochs at linux.vnet.ibm.com> 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.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering