From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hannes Reinecke Subject: Re: status of block-integrity Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 16:01:47 +0100 Message-ID: <52C6D0DB.1050906@suse.de> References: <20131222192128.GA28532@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20131222192128.GA28532@infradead.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig , "Martin K. Petersen" , Jens Axboe Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On 12/22/2013 08:21 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > We have the block integrity code to support DIF/DIX in the the tree f= or > about 5 and a half years, and we still don't have a single consumer o= f > it. By normal kernel rules it should never have been merged, or at > least the bitrot long removed. > > Given that we'll have a lot of work to do in this area with block > multiqueue I think it's time to either kill it off for good or make s= ure > we can actually use and test it. Which would make an ideal topic for LSF, wouldn't it? Personally, I doubt it's a good idea to kill it off, but a proper (userland) API for it has been a long time missing. Cheers, Hannes --=20 Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage hare@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg GF: J. Hawn, J. Guild, F. Imend=F6rffer, HRB 16746 (AG N=FCrnberg)