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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@redhat.com>,
	Petr Matousek <pmatouse@redhat.com>, Kay Sievers <kay@redhat.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Subject: Re: setting up CDB filters in udev (was Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] block: add queue-private command filter, editable via sysfs)
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:21:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121102202131.GE9169@htj.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121102201824.41b2516d@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk>

Hey,

On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 08:18:24PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> a - there are lots of cases you want to allow only a subset of commands.

Care to spell them out.  At least the cases Paolo listed should be
served by what's described.

> b - if you are using a BPF filter which is the obvious way to do it then
> the flexibility comes for free without any extra complexity as the kernel
> provides a generic implementation, and even a JIT for complex cases.

Yeah, sure, but it's all about what tool to use where and maybe it's
my ignorance about the problem space but it's difficult for me to
believe that we need full-blown BPF filter here when this is the only
activity we've got in a decade.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-02 20:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-25 15:30 [PATCH v2 0/3] block: add queue-private command filter, editable via sysfs Paolo Bonzini
2012-09-25 15:30 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] block: add back queue-private command filter Paolo Bonzini
2012-09-25 15:30 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] scsi: create an all-zero filter for scanners Paolo Bonzini
2012-09-25 15:30 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] block: add back command filter modification via sysfs Paolo Bonzini
2012-10-04 10:12 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] block: add queue-private command filter, editable " Paolo Bonzini
2012-10-19  0:22   ` Tejun Heo
2012-10-19  9:07     ` Paolo Bonzini
     [not found]       ` <2007908429.13363375.1350637872646.JavaMail.root@redhat.com>
     [not found]         ` <20121019201058.GP13370@google.com>
     [not found]           ` <5087E093.50700@redhat.com>
     [not found]             ` <CAOS58YM5ZO9h0XUCNxV+6U3UzpeUen5ZuyqsNEUaJ81ux=QKvw@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]               ` <5088EC43.2010600@redhat.com>
2012-10-25 18:00                 ` setting up CDB filters in udev (was Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] block: add queue-private command filter, editable via sysfs) Tejun Heo
2012-10-25 18:35                   ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-10-31 12:52                     ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-10-31 21:22                     ` Tejun Heo
2012-11-02 14:49                       ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-11-02 15:35                         ` Alan Cox
2012-11-02 16:48                           ` Tejun Heo
2012-11-02 17:21                             ` Alan Cox
2012-11-02 17:30                               ` Tejun Heo
2012-11-02 20:18                                 ` Alan Cox
2012-11-02 20:21                                   ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2012-11-02 20:48                                     ` Alan Cox
2012-11-02 22:59                                       ` Tejun Heo
2012-11-02 23:52                                         ` Alan Cox
2012-11-02 23:58                                           ` Tejun Heo
2012-11-03  0:19                                             ` Alan Cox
2012-11-03  0:23                                               ` Tejun Heo
2012-11-03  0:52                                                 ` Alan Cox
2012-11-02 16:51                         ` Tejun Heo
2012-11-02 17:49                           ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-11-02 17:53                             ` Tejun Heo
2012-11-03 13:20                               ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-11-03 14:50                                 ` Alan Cox
2012-11-05 11:08                                   ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-11-05 18:18                                   ` Tejun Heo
2012-11-05 20:12                                     ` Alan Cox
2012-11-05 20:09                                       ` Tejun Heo
2012-11-05 20:17                                         ` Alan Cox
2012-11-05 20:15                                           ` Tejun Heo
2012-11-05 18:26                                 ` Tejun Heo

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