Re: [PATCH 00/20] DRBD 9 rework

Jens Axboe
2026-04-08T12:59:00Z

On 4/7/26 11:17 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 07:30:35PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 3/27/26 4:38 PM, Christoph Böhmwalder wrote:
>>> As discussed (context: [0]), here is the first version of our DRBD 9
>>> rework series, intended for for-next via for-7.1/drbd.
>>
>> Will you fixup the kerneldoc (nits) and the assigned-but-not-read
>> issues and send out a new version? Also looks this series doesn't
>> actually apply to for-7.1/block, patch 12 fails.
>
> Looks like all this went in without any review? Since when have we
> started these grand replacements anyway, as they are known to cause
> bugs and regressions?

See the previous discussion, the goal is to sync the two drbd code
bases. It's followed the "usual" pattern of the in-kernel driver being
neglected and development and users pushed to the out-of-tree one,
which is highly annoying.

As per the previous thread, the intent is not to push to to mainline
right now, but rather give it -next exposure without running into
conflicts between the trees. for-7.x/drbd will be rebased as needed,
and it's only in for-next for the stated reason.

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Jens Axboe