Re: setting up CDB filters in udev (was Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] block: add queue-private command filter, editable via sysfs)

[Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>]

Hello, Alan.

On Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 02:50:52PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I proposed a way to implement the ultimately flexible solution (BPF) and
> > you shot it down because it was too complex.  Alan is showing you with
> > multiple examples of why the flexibility would be useful (perhaps nobody
> > would use it, but the use cases _are_ there), and you are mostly
> > ignoring them.
> 
> My feeling too - It feels to me like Tejun is trying to railroad a broken
> non-solution into the system without regards for anyone else and by
> simply dismissing any other input.

The only other use case brought up is allowing use of vendor-specific
commands while burning CDs.  Given that the usual burning has been
working well enough for years now, I don't really think that's a
strong enough reason to add full BPF filtering to SG_IO.  It's just
highly unusual thing to do and there isn't strong enough use case for
it.

To me, it feels like you guys are pushing a feature without strong
enough use case.  So, I'm still pretty strongly against it.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun