diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/cxlflash.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/cxlflash.txt
index 4202d1b..f4c1190 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/cxlflash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/cxlflash.txt
@@ -171,11 +171,30 @@ DK_CXLFLASH_ATTACH
           destroyed, the tokens are to be considered stale and subsequent
           usage will result in errors.
 
+	- A valid adapter file descriptor (fd2 >= 0) is only returned on
+	  the initial attach for a context. Subsequent attaches to an
+	  existing context (DK_CXLFLASH_ATTACH_REUSE_CONTEXT flag present)
+	  do not provide the adapter file descriptor as it was previously
+	  made known to the application.
+
         - When a context is no longer needed, the user shall detach from
-          the context via the DK_CXLFLASH_DETACH ioctl.
+          the context via the DK_CXLFLASH_DETACH ioctl. When this ioctl
+	  returns with a valid adapter file descriptor and the return flag
+	  DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD is present, the application _must_
+	  close the adapter file descriptor following a successful detach.
+
+	- When this ioctl returns with a valid fd2 and the return flag
+	  DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD is present, the application _must_
+	  close fd2 in the following circumstances:
+
+		+ Following a successful detach of the last user of the context
+		+ Following a successful recovery on the context's original fd2
+		+ In the child process of a fork(), following a clone ioctl,
+		  on the fd2 associated with the source context
 
-        - A close on fd2 will invalidate the tokens. This operation is not
-          required by the user.
+        - At any time, a close on fd2 will invalidate the tokens. Applications
+	  should exercise caution to only close fd2 when appropriate (outlined
+	  in the previous bullet) to avoid premature loss of I/O.
 
 DK_CXLFLASH_USER_DIRECT
 -----------------------
@@ -254,6 +273,10 @@ DK_CXLFLASH_DETACH
     success, all "tokens" which had been provided to the user from the
     DK_CXLFLASH_ATTACH onward are no longer valid.
 
+    When the DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD flag was returned on a successful
+    attach, the application _must_ close the fd2 associated with the context
+    following the detach of the final user of the context.
+
 DK_CXLFLASH_VLUN_CLONE
 ----------------------
     This ioctl is responsible for cloning a previously created
@@ -261,7 +284,7 @@ DK_CXLFLASH_VLUN_CLONE
     support maintaining user space access to storage after a process
     forks. Upon success, the child process (which invoked the ioctl)
     will have access to the same LUNs via the same resource handle(s)
-    and fd2 as the parent, but under a different context.
+    as the parent, but under a different context.
 
     Context sharing across processes is not supported with CXL and
     therefore each fork must be met with establishing a new context
@@ -275,6 +298,12 @@ DK_CXLFLASH_VLUN_CLONE
     translation tables are copied from the parent context to the child's
     and then synced with the AFU.
 
+    When the DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD flag was returned on a successful
+    attach, the application _must_ close the fd2 associated with the source
+    context (still resident/accessible in the parent process) following the
+    clone. This is to avoid a stale entry in the file descriptor table of the
+    child process.
+
 DK_CXLFLASH_VERIFY
 ------------------
     This ioctl is used to detect various changes such as the capacity of
@@ -309,6 +338,11 @@ DK_CXLFLASH_RECOVER_AFU
     at which time the context/resources they held will be freed as part of
     the release fop.
 
+    When the DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD flag was returned on a successful
+    attach, the application _must_ unmap and close the fd2 associated with the
+    original context following this ioctl returning success and indicating that
+    the context was recovered (DK_CXLFLASH_RECOVER_AFU_CONTEXT_RESET).
+
 DK_CXLFLASH_MANAGE_LUN
 ----------------------
     This ioctl is used to switch a LUN from a mode where it is available
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c
index be7522a..b3bb90d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/superpipe.c
@@ -825,7 +825,6 @@ static void remove_context(struct kref *kref)
 {
 	struct ctx_info *ctxi = container_of(kref, struct ctx_info, kref);
 	struct cxlflash_cfg *cfg = ctxi->cfg;
-	int lfd;
 	u64 ctxid = DECODE_CTXID(ctxi->ctxid);
 
 	/* Remove context from table/error list */
@@ -842,19 +841,7 @@ static void remove_context(struct kref *kref)
 	mutex_unlock(&ctxi->mutex);
 
 	/* Context now completely uncoupled/unreachable */
-	lfd = ctxi->lfd;
 	destroy_context(cfg, ctxi);
-
-	/*
-	 * As a last step, clean up external resources when not
-	 * already on an external cleanup thread, i.e.: close(adap_fd).
-	 *
-	 * NOTE: this will free up the context from the CXL services,
-	 * allowing it to dole out the same context_id on a future
-	 * (or even currently in-flight) disk_attach operation.
-	 */
-	if (lfd != -1)
-		sys_close(lfd);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -949,34 +936,18 @@ static int cxlflash_disk_detach(struct scsi_device *sdev,
  *
  * This routine is the release handler for the fops registered with
  * the CXL services on an initial attach for a context. It is called
- * when a close is performed on the adapter file descriptor returned
- * to the user. Programmatically, the user is not required to perform
- * the close, as it is handled internally via the detach ioctl when
- * a context is being removed. Note that nothing prevents the user
- * from performing a close, but the user should be aware that doing
- * so is considered catastrophic and subsequent usage of the superpipe
- * API with previously saved off tokens will fail.
+ * when a close (explicity by the user or as part of a process tear
+ * down) is performed on the adapter file descriptor returned to the
+ * user. The user should be aware that explicitly performing a close
+ * considered catastrophic and subsequent usage of the superpipe API
+ * with previously saved off tokens will fail.
  *
- * When initiated from an external close (either by the user or via
- * a process tear down), the routine derives the context reference
- * and calls detach for each LUN associated with the context. The
- * final detach operation will cause the context itself to be freed.
- * Note that the saved off lfd is reset prior to calling detach to
- * signify that the final detach should not perform a close.
- *
- * When initiated from a detach operation as part of the tear down
- * of a context, the context is first completely freed and then the
- * close is performed. This routine will fail to derive the context
- * reference (due to the context having already been freed) and then
- * call into the CXL release entry point.
- *
- * Thus, with exception to when the CXL process element (context id)
- * lookup fails (a case that should theoretically never occur), every
- * call into this routine results in a complete freeing of a context.
- *
- * As part of the detach, all per-context resources associated with the LUN
- * are cleaned up. When detaching the last LUN for a context, the context
- * itself is cleaned up and released.
+ * This routine derives the context reference and calls detach for
+ * each LUN associated with the context.The final detach operation
+ * causes the context itself to be freed. With exception to when the
+ * CXL process element (context id) lookup fails (a case that should
+ * theoretically never occur), every call into this routine results
+ * in a complete freeing of a context.
  *
  * Return: 0 on success
  */
@@ -1014,11 +985,8 @@ static int cxlflash_cxl_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	dev_dbg(dev, "%s: close(%d) for context %d\n",
-		__func__, ctxi->lfd, ctxid);
+	dev_dbg(dev, "%s: close for context %d\n", __func__, ctxid);
 
-	/* Reset the file descriptor to indicate we're on a close() thread */
-	ctxi->lfd = -1;
 	detach.context_id = ctxi->ctxid;
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(lun_access, t, &ctxi->luns, list)
 		_cxlflash_disk_detach(lun_access->sdev, ctxi, &detach);
@@ -1391,7 +1359,6 @@ static int cxlflash_disk_attach(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 			__func__, rctxid);
 		kref_get(&ctxi->kref);
 		list_add(&lun_access->list, &ctxi->luns);
-		fd = ctxi->lfd;
 		goto out_attach;
 	}
 
@@ -1461,7 +1428,11 @@ static int cxlflash_disk_attach(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 	fd_install(fd, file);
 
 out_attach:
-	attach->hdr.return_flags = 0;
+	if (fd != -1)
+		attach->hdr.return_flags = DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD;
+	else
+		attach->hdr.return_flags = 0;
+
 	attach->context_id = ctxi->ctxid;
 	attach->block_size = gli->blk_len;
 	attach->mmio_size = sizeof(afu->afu_map->hosts[0].harea);
@@ -1526,7 +1497,7 @@ static int recover_context(struct cxlflash_cfg *cfg, struct ctx_info *ctxi)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &cfg->dev->dev;
 	int rc = 0;
-	int old_fd, fd = -1;
+	int fd = -1;
 	int ctxid = -1;
 	struct file *file;
 	struct cxl_context *ctx;
@@ -1574,7 +1545,6 @@ static int recover_context(struct cxlflash_cfg *cfg, struct ctx_info *ctxi)
 	 * No error paths after this point. Once the fd is installed it's
 	 * visible to user space and can't be undone safely on this thread.
 	 */
-	old_fd = ctxi->lfd;
 	ctxi->ctxid = ENCODE_CTXID(ctxi, ctxid);
 	ctxi->lfd = fd;
 	ctxi->ctx = ctx;
@@ -1593,9 +1563,6 @@ static int recover_context(struct cxlflash_cfg *cfg, struct ctx_info *ctxi)
 	cfg->ctx_tbl[ctxid] = ctxi;
 	mutex_unlock(&cfg->ctx_tbl_list_mutex);
 	fd_install(fd, file);
-
-	/* Release the original adapter fd and associated CXL resources */
-	sys_close(old_fd);
 out:
 	dev_dbg(dev, "%s: returning ctxid=%d fd=%d rc=%d\n",
 		__func__, ctxid, fd, rc);
@@ -1707,7 +1674,7 @@ retry_recover:
 		recover->context_id = ctxi->ctxid;
 		recover->adap_fd = ctxi->lfd;
 		recover->mmio_size = sizeof(afu->afu_map->hosts[0].harea);
-		recover->hdr.return_flags |=
+		recover->hdr.return_flags = DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD |
 			DK_CXLFLASH_RECOVER_AFU_CONTEXT_RESET;
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/vlun.c b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/vlun.c
index 50f8e93..90c5d7f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/vlun.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/vlun.c
@@ -1135,14 +1135,13 @@ int cxlflash_disk_clone(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 	    ctxid_dst = DECODE_CTXID(clone->context_id_dst),
 	    rctxid_src = clone->context_id_src,
 	    rctxid_dst = clone->context_id_dst;
-	int adap_fd_src = clone->adap_fd_src;
 	int i, j;
 	int rc = 0;
 	bool found;
 	LIST_HEAD(sidecar);
 
-	pr_debug("%s: ctxid_src=%llu ctxid_dst=%llu adap_fd_src=%d\n",
-		 __func__, ctxid_src, ctxid_dst, adap_fd_src);
+	pr_debug("%s: ctxid_src=%llu ctxid_dst=%llu\n",
+		 __func__, ctxid_src, ctxid_dst);
 
 	/* Do not clone yourself */
 	if (unlikely(rctxid_src == rctxid_dst)) {
@@ -1166,13 +1165,6 @@ int cxlflash_disk_clone(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(adap_fd_src != ctxi_src->lfd)) {
-		pr_debug("%s: Invalid source adapter fd! (%d)\n",
-			 __func__, adap_fd_src);
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	/* Verify there is no open resource handle in the destination context */
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_RHT_PER_CONTEXT; i++)
 		if (ctxi_dst->rht_start[i].nmask != 0) {
@@ -1257,7 +1249,6 @@ int cxlflash_disk_clone(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 
 out_success:
 	list_splice(&sidecar, &ctxi_dst->luns);
-	sys_close(adap_fd_src);
 
 	/* fall through */
 out:
diff --git a/include/uapi/scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h b/include/uapi/scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h
index 2302f3c..6bf1f8a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/scsi/cxlflash_ioctl.h
@@ -39,19 +39,28 @@ struct dk_cxlflash_hdr {
  * at this time, this provides future flexibility.
  */
 #define DK_CXLFLASH_ALL_PORTS_ACTIVE	0x0000000000000001ULL
+#define DK_CXLFLASH_APP_CLOSE_ADAP_FD	0x0000000000000002ULL
 
 /*
- * Notes:
- * -----
+ * General Notes:
+ * -------------
  * The 'context_id' field of all ioctl structures contains the context
  * identifier for a context in the lower 32-bits (upper 32-bits are not
  * to be used when identifying a context to the AFU). That said, the value
  * in its entirety (all 64-bits) is to be treated as an opaque cookie and
  * should be presented as such when issuing ioctls.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * DK_CXLFLASH_ATTACH Notes:
+ * ------------------------
+ * Read/write access permissions are specified via the O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY,
+ * and O_RDWR flags defined in the fcntl.h header file.
  *
- * For DK_CXLFLASH_ATTACH ioctl, user specifies read/write access
- * permissions via the O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, and O_RDWR flags defined in
- * the fcntl.h header file.
+ * A valid adapter file descriptor (fd >= 0) is only returned on the initial
+ * attach (successful) of a context. When a context is shared(reused), the user
+ * is expected to already 'know' the adapter file descriptor associated with the
+ * context.
  */
 #define DK_CXLFLASH_ATTACH_REUSE_CONTEXT	0x8000000000000000ULL
 
