From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Alvaro Karsz <alvaro.karsz@solid-run.com>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>,
Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] virtio_blk: add VIRTIO_BLK_F_LIFETIME feature support
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 08:31:26 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221229082943-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJs=3_ApAnMTC0O81vO=hvRLssLYRnJsVUE5gd_aomCB+5eWLQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 02:08:34PM +0200, Alvaro Karsz wrote:
> > So due to my mistake this got pushed out to next linux release.
> > Sorry :(
>
> No problem at all :)
>
> > I'd like to use this opportunity to write a new better
> > interface that actually works with modern backends,
> > and add it to the virtio spec.
> >
> > Do you think you can take up this task?
>
> Sure, I can do it.
> So, the idea is to:
>
> * Drop this patch
> * Implement a new, more general virtio block feature for virtio spec
> * Add linux support for the new feature
>
> right?
That's certainly an option.
Let's start with point 2, and get ack from people who objected to this
feature.
--
MST
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-29 13:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-19 12:21 [PATCH v5] virtio_blk: add VIRTIO_BLK_F_LIFETIME feature support Alvaro Karsz
2022-12-29 8:10 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2022-12-29 12:08 ` Alvaro Karsz
2022-12-29 13:31 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
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