From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Snitzer Subject: Re: Persistent Reservation API Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 13:53:49 -0400 Message-ID: <20150804175349.GA29013@redhat.com> References: <1438672271-11309-1-git-send-email-hch@lst.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1438672271-11309-1-git-send-email-hch@lst.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Jens Axboe , linux-api@vger.kernel.org, dm-devel@redhat.com, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 04 2015 at 3:11am -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > This series adds support for a simplified persistent reservation API > to the block layer. The intent is that both in-kernel and userspace > consumers can use the API instead of having to hand craft SCSI or NVMe > command through the various pass through interfaces. It also adds > DM support as getting reservations through dm-multipath is a major > pain with the current scheme. The DM changes need to go through linux-dm.git. Once the block and SCSI bits land I'll rebase accordingly. That cross-maintainer logisitics aside, I'll reply with feedback on the DM patches.