From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Axboe Subject: Re: RFC: drop the T10 OSD code and its users Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 09:11:45 -0600 Message-ID: <20170419151144.GA22579@kernel.dk> References: <20170412160109.10598-1-hch@lst.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-it0-f52.google.com ([209.85.214.52]:36497 "EHLO mail-it0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936246AbdDSPLx (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:11:53 -0400 Received: by mail-it0-f52.google.com with SMTP id b15so34884616iti.1 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2017 08:11:48 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170412160109.10598-1-hch@lst.de> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: ooo@electrozaur.com, martin.petersen@oracle.com, trond.myklebust@primarydata.com, osd-dev@open-osd.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 12 2017, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > The only real user of the T10 OSD protocol, the pNFS object layout > driver never went to the point of having shipping products, and the > other two users (osdblk and exofs) were simple example of it's usage. > > The code has been mostly unmaintained for years and is getting in the > way of block / SCSI changes, so I think it's finally time to drop it. > > These patches are against Jens' block for-next tree as that already I've added 1/4 for now, as that one should obviously go. If we have consensus to kill the rest, I'm all for it. -- Jens Axboe