From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07C36C433E2 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2020 16:43:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF42C2067C for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2020 16:43:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=veeam.com header.i=@veeam.com header.b="aeTVlhLI" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730335AbgIAQnP (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Sep 2020 12:43:15 -0400 Received: from mx4.veeam.com ([104.41.138.86]:44256 "EHLO mx4.veeam.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729612AbgIAQnA (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Sep 2020 12:43:00 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 419 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:42:57 EDT Received: from mail.veeam.com (prgmbx01.amust.local [172.24.0.171]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx4.veeam.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D7F9D1C024; Tue, 1 Sep 2020 19:35:48 +0300 (MSK) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=veeam.com; s=mx4; t=1598978149; bh=+BMtm99s9XyztXblpi3T4Vm9IisWYhjraisdoVw+JuQ=; h=Date:From:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=aeTVlhLIYOGf++htY0VV5QvgL79Jr8uQJLDAQWlIMUcJ0zFsNt1A2IUYBuggR+GVU VOfcQcdngxBQNiNZ1uofvAPkPhdGn+YQxzuVdE551n5+v+QABEtOPhjeqW4apOT5l6 cCtfS1J+yTV5ayOCbOgk3bmXMWTuCGpy9+6k4l5U= Received: from veeam.com (172.24.14.5) by prgmbx01.amust.local (172.24.0.171) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.2.595.3; Tue, 1 Sep 2020 18:35:47 +0200 Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 19:35:27 +0300 From: Sergei Shtepa To: Jens Axboe CC: "masahiroy@kernel.org" , "michal.lkml@markovi.net" , "koct9i@gmail.com" , "jack@suse.cz" , "damien.lemoal@wdc.com" , "ming.lei@redhat.com" , "steve@sk2.org" , "linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-block@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] block io layer filters api Message-ID: <20200901163240.GA18490@veeam.com> References: <1598555619-14792-1-git-send-email-sergei.shtepa@veeam.com> <7a517822-6be2-7d0d-fae3-31472c85f543@kernel.dk> <20200901132957.GA18251@veeam.com> <722e85ac-f494-2cb3-4caf-d903d79a5645@kernel.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <722e85ac-f494-2cb3-4caf-d903d79a5645@kernel.dk> X-Originating-IP: [172.24.14.5] X-ClientProxiedBy: prgmbx01.amust.local (172.24.0.171) To prgmbx01.amust.local (172.24.0.171) X-EsetResult: clean, is OK X-EsetId: 37303A29C604D26B637063 X-Veeam-MMEX: True X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx4.veeam.com [172.31.224.40]); Tue, 01 Sep 2020 19:35:49 +0300 (MSK) X-Veeam-MailScanner-Information: Please contact email@veeam.com if you have any problems Sender: linux-block-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org Jens, thank you so much for your prompt response and clarification on your position. We’re totally committed to having the upstream driver as the canonical version, and to maintaining it. It was probably a mistake not to build it like that right away considering it has always been our vision, but frankly speaking we were simply too shy to go this route when we first started 4 years ago, with just a handful of users and an unclear demand/future. But now in 2020, it’s a different story. We’ll get started on the in-tree kernel mode right away, and will reconvene once ready. -- Sergei Shtepa Veeam Software developer.