From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAB2FC49ED7 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:37:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9919020693 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:37:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730956AbfIMOhO (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:37:14 -0400 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.211]:54549 "EHLO verein.lst.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729763AbfIMOhN (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:37:13 -0400 Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id 1A3AB68B05; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:37:10 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:37:09 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Robert Baldyga Cc: kbusch@kernel.org, axboe@fb.com, hch@lst.de, sagi@grimberg.me, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, michal.rakowski@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] nvme: Add kernel API for admin command Message-ID: <20190913143709.GA8525@lst.de> References: <20190913111610.9958-1-robert.baldyga@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190913111610.9958-1-robert.baldyga@intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 01:16:08PM +0200, Robert Baldyga wrote: > Hello, > > This patchset adds two functions providing kernel to kernel API > for submiting NVMe admin commands. This is for use of NVMe-aware > block device drivers stacking on top of NVMe drives. An example of > such driver is Open CAS Linux [1] which uses NVMe extended LBA > formats and thus needs to issue commands like nvme_admin_identify. We never add functionality for out of tree crap. And this shit really is a bunch of crap, so it is unlikely to ever be merged. Why can't intel sometimes actually do something useful for a change instead of piling junk over junk?