linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] what's struct ipmi_file

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Date:   Fri, 12 Apr 2019 20:47:17 -0500
From:   Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] what's struct ipmi_file_private ->file for?

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