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 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BD27C433F5 for ; Fri, 20 May 2022 20:31:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1353479AbiETUbN (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2022 16:31:13 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:53324 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1353470AbiETUbK (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2022 16:31:10 -0400 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch (vps0.lunn.ch [185.16.172.187]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 356CC340CD; Fri, 20 May 2022 13:31:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Disposition:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:From:Sender:Reply-To:Subject: Date:Message-ID:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:References; bh=DLULO/rszAHKPxdjbAsajMe5tA7+SsUhYH9DkHT1ik8=; b=jPEWsltQc/BpiOuVhDPI+/0J2H jjRgljUV+DoWu40evBQluhrq2ch+ONssPw3TgtxkPJQ1b+FUYo153A8F5sHXvc311y8k67nHHRhkV q8boZAgnJaT+zB7SJRmc9xfCwLUAW/5+OBShp6dOFphjY0Fw7wzQ5OvrNKooQ55ukFkg=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1ns9H4-003geZ-E3; Fri, 20 May 2022 22:31:02 +0200 Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 22:31:02 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn To: Kent Overstreet Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, mcgrof@kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu Subject: Re: RFC: Ioctl v2 Message-ID: References: <20220520161652.rmhqlvwvfrvskg4w@moria.home.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20220520161652.rmhqlvwvfrvskg4w@moria.home.lan> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I want to circulate this and get some comments and feedback, and if > no one raises any serious objections - I'd love to get collaborators > to work on this with me. Flame away! Hi Kent I doubt you will get much interest from netdev. netdev already considers ioctl as legacy, and mostly uses netlink and a message passing structure, which is easy to extend in a backwards compatible manor. https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/netlink.7.html Andrew