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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 1/6/25 8:32 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Jan 06, 2025 at 08:24:06AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote: >> A lot more code where? > > Very good and relevant question. Some random new repo that no one knows > about? Not very helpful. xfstests itself? Maybe, but that would just > means other users have to fork it. Why would they have to fork it? Just put it in xfstests itself. These are very weak reasons, imho. >> Not in the kernel. And now we're stuck with a new >> driver for a relatively niche use case. Seems like a bad tradeoff to me. > > Seriously, if you can't Damien and me to maintain a little driver > using completely standard interfaces without any magic you'll have > different problems keepign the block layer alive :) Asking "why do we need this driver, when we can accomplish the same with existing stuff" is a valid question, and I'm a bit puzzled why we can't just have a reasonable discussion about this. If that simple question can't be asked, and answered suitably, then something is really amiss. -- Jens Axboe