From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ren Mingxin Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] virtio_blk: use disk_name_format() to support mass of disks naming Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:47:51 +0800 Message-ID: <4F825BE7.80204@cn.fujitsu.com> References: <4F7581D4.4040301@cn.fujitsu.com> <4F7582B0.5010609@cn.fujitsu.com> <20120330152606.GB28934@google.com> <20120330152808.GC28934@google.com> <4F78FE89.2070707@cn.fujitsu.com> <20120402072009.GF30360@redhat.com> <20120402185259.GA16226@dhcp-172-17-108-109.mtv.corp.google.com> <1333392978.2971.25.camel@dabdike> <20120402190045.GC16226@dhcp-172-17-108-109.mtv.corp.google.com> <20120404080149.GC22658@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from cn.fujitsu.com ([222.73.24.84]:3971 "EHLO song.cn.fujitsu.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751747Ab2DIDr2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Apr 2012 23:47:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20120404080149.GC22658@redhat.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: Tejun Heo , James Bottomley , Jens Axboe , KVM , SCSI , LKML , VIRTUAL On 04/04/2012 04:01 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 12:00:45PM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 11:56:18AM -0700, James Bottomley wrote: >>> So if we're agreed no other devices going forwards should ever use this >>> interface, is there any point unifying the interface? No matter how >>> many caveats you hedge it round with, putting the API in a central place >>> will be a bit like a honey trap for careless bears. It might be safer >>> just to leave it buried in the three current drivers. >> Yeah, that was my hope but I think it would be easier to enforce to >> have a common function which is clearly marked legacy so that new >> driver writers can go look for the naming code in the existing ones, >> find out they're all using the same function which is marked legacy >> and explains what to do for newer drivers. > I think I'm not the only one to be confused about the > preferred direction here. > James, do you agree to the approach above? > > It would be nice to fix virtio block for 3.4, so > how about this: > - I'll just apply the original bugfix patch for 3.4 - > it only affects virtio Sorry, about only affects virtio, I'm not very clear here: 1) Just duplicate the disk name format function in virtio_blk like the original patch: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/28/45 2) Move the disk name format function into block core like this patch series but only affects virtio(not affect mtip32xx). Do you mean the 2) one or something else? > - Ren will repost the refactoring patch on top, and we can > keep up the discussion > > Ren if you agree, can you make this a two patch series please? > Sure. -- Thanks, Ren