Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] block: blk_interposer - Block Layer Interposer | From | Hannes Reinecke <> | Date | Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:56:07 +0100 |
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On 12/11/20 5:33 PM, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 12/11/20 9:30 AM, Mike Snitzer wrote: >> While I still think there needs to be a proper _upstream_ consumer of >> blk_interposer as a condition of it going in.. I'll let others make the >> call. > > That's an unequivocal rule. > >> As such, I'll defer to Jens, Christoph and others on whether your >> minimalist blk_interposer hook is acceptable in the near-term. > > I don't think so, we don't do short term bandaids just to plan on > ripping that out when the real functionality is there. IMHO, the dm > approach is the way to go - it provides exactly the functionality that > is needed in an appropriate way, instead of hacking some "interposer" > into the core block layer. > Which is my plan, too.
I'll be working with the Veeam folks to present a joint patchset (including the DM bits) for the next round.
Cheers,
Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke Kernel Storage Architect hare@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE Software Solutions GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg), Geschäftsführer: Felix Imendörffer
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