From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Martin K. Petersen" Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/23] block: remove the discard_zeroes_data flag Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:29:29 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20170323143341.31549-1-hch@lst.de> <20170323143341.31549-24-hch@lst.de> <1490720411.2573.11.camel@sandisk.com> <20170330090655.GF12015@lst.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20170330090655.GF12015-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org> (hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org's message of "Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:06:55 +0200") List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: drbd-dev-bounces-cunTk1MwBs8qoQakbn7OcQ@public.gmane.org Errors-To: drbd-dev-bounces-cunTk1MwBs8qoQakbn7OcQ@public.gmane.org To: "hch@lst.de" Cc: "axboe-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org" , "linux-raid-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , "martin.petersen-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org" , "snitzer-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org" , "philipp.reisner-63ez5xqkn6DQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org" , "linux-block-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , "dm-devel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org" , "linux-scsi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , Bart Van Assche , "lars.ellenberg-63ez5xqkn6DQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org" , "shli-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org" , "agk-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org" , "drbd-dev-cunTk1MwBs8qoQakbn7OcQ@public.gmane.org" List-Id: linux-raid.ids "hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org" writes: > Jens, any opinion? I'd like to remove it too, but I fear it might > break things. We could deprecate it first with a warning when read > and then remove it a few releases down the road. I know of several apps that check this variable (as opposed to the ioctl). -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering