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SubjectRe: status of block-integrity
On 12/22/2013 08:21 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> We have the block integrity code to support DIF/DIX in the the tree for
> about 5 and a half years, and we still don't have a single consumer of
> it. By normal kernel rules it should never have been merged, or at
> least the bitrot long removed.
>
> Given that we'll have a lot of work to do in this area with block
> multiqueue I think it's time to either kill it off for good or make sure
> we can actually use and test it.

Which would make an ideal topic for LSF, wouldn't it?

Personally, I doubt it's a good idea to kill it off, but
a proper (userland) API for it has been a long time missing.

Cheers,

Hannes
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