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Re: [PATCH] dax: clarify driver_data ownership

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 10:59:59PM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> Johannes points out that the warning in alloc_dax_region() seems to
> imply that multiple devices might claim a dax region. In fact it's a
> warning to driver developers that the dax core wants to own the
> driver_data pointer for the hosting device of a dax_region. Add a
> clarification.
> 
> Reported-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> ---

Looks good,
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>

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[PATCH] dax: clarify driver_data ownership Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2016-12-15 08:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] dax: clarify driver_data ownership Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de> - 2016-12-15 10:00 +0100

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