Re: Why side-effects on open(2) are evil. (was Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH]device arguments from lookup)

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Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Notice also a "metadata miscdev" solves the problem of passing options
> on open -- just pass those options to the miscdev before you open it...

to be more clear, "it" == the data device, not the metadata miscdev

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