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=-6.0 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 68C42C433C1 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:23:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38ECD619F9 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:23:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235851AbhCXHWp (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2021 03:22:45 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:54236 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S235833AbhCXHWo (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2021 03:22:44 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D19BB619FA; Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:22:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1616570564; bh=A0pGJbn75arVdOD9b5IBCTpV/4uLDqxrD6Da79sVFnc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=R4Rq5zuB3Z/Vfseh37K/cZNtdG7CkZTTjV8tzbmwqVjNNCZREy9jMM4hL57gfji30 9W96veE+jEaie8zu2sgf1c44Mcp8hTlaH/wdq1HNKXnBRhWu8667lhEwcBEVM1ejAL C8BNQEfeKQP0mO4Cgy2lM758ALTtzS6UPKd/vd+8= Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:22:40 +0100 From: Greg KH To: "Catangiu, Adrian Costin" Cc: "Graf (AWS), Alexander" , "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-s390@vger.kernel.org" , "rdunlap@infradead.org" , "arnd@arndb.de" , "ebiederm@xmission.com" , "rppt@kernel.org" , "0x7f454c46@gmail.com" <0x7f454c46@gmail.com>, "borntraeger@de.ibm.com" , "Jason@zx2c4.com" , "jannh@google.com" , "w@1wt.eu" , "MacCarthaigh, Colm" , "luto@kernel.org" , "tytso@mit.edu" , "ebiggers@kernel.org" , "Woodhouse, David" , "bonzini@gnu.org" , "Singh, Balbir" , "Weiss, Radu" , "corbet@lwn.net" , "mst@redhat.com" , "mhocko@kernel.org" , "rafael@kernel.org" , "pavel@ucw.cz" , "mpe@ellerman.id.au" , "areber@redhat.com" , "ovzxemul@gmail.com" , "avagin@gmail.com" , "ptikhomirov@virtuozzo.com" , "gil@azul.com" , "asmehra@redhat.com" , "dgunigun@redhat.com" , "vijaysun@ca.ibm.com" , "oridgar@gmail.com" , "ghammer@redhat.com" Subject: Re: [PATCH v8] drivers/misc: sysgenid: add system generation id driver Message-ID: References: <1615213083-29869-1-git-send-email-acatan@amazon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 04:10:27PM +0000, Catangiu, Adrian Costin wrote: > Hi Greg, > > After your previous reply on this thread we started considering to provide this interface and framework/functionality through a userspace service instead of a kernel interface. > The latest iteration on this evolving patch-set doesn’t have strong reasons for living in the kernel anymore - the only objectively strong advantage would be easier driving of ecosystem integration; but I am not sure that's a good enough reason to create a new kernel interface. > > I am now looking into adding this through Systemd. Either as a pluggable service or maybe even a systemd builtin offering. > > What are your thoughts on it? Now dropped from my char-misc-testing branch. If you all decide you want this as a kernel driver, please resubmit it. Also next time, you might give me a heads-up that you don't want a patch merged... thanks, greg k-h