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=-1.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=unavailable 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 A006EC282CB for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2019 03:48:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BC9920844 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2019 03:48:18 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=oracle.com header.i=@oracle.com header.b="V6mcOV9/" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727247AbfBEDsQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2019 22:48:16 -0500 Received: from aserp2130.oracle.com ([141.146.126.79]:49208 "EHLO aserp2130.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725900AbfBEDsQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2019 22:48:16 -0500 Received: from pps.filterd (aserp2130.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by aserp2130.oracle.com (8.16.0.27/8.16.0.27) with SMTP id x153iJDr095947; Tue, 5 Feb 2019 03:48:04 GMT DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=oracle.com; h=to : cc : subject : from : references : date : in-reply-to : message-id : mime-version : content-type; s=corp-2018-07-02; bh=rMiJJ/+Y3WNE7JwpUp+06B0OxyPyhKNOkN8CLcoVuEA=; b=V6mcOV9/wiRe7OPYq3724z6m4r1NA5JyDyOXxMvU+QrGU+IBC/a/i3mM9mTjqMk+iMjt LZMhm2AtVF9WzPEhe//U+oUet0FrqVNFzUXKNJmuRfyf+8asdzxkRhtPxiS3srstdvH5 KdImcYJ/26dztL4T2qHXOKrUQyqv8ubpufGwdIaF7Kvr16dlCwm2LnWPjbFcp/eKBrva Ef009jcDglwaeVOlPhwxzJXLcVOF8s7L1LPe5XRH3/iRxW+6ebdB7UOMjNc8ENZfXh9p i4G96o7W+dPbe1DfcKJfo8QGN9N0Frs0uYgQCni14d9p5fMvbqG79ekJ4FjPE8UDCKW1 HA== Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by aserp2130.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2qd97erqvr-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 05 Feb 2019 03:48:04 +0000 Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x153m3Wq005037 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 5 Feb 2019 03:48:03 GMT Received: from abhmp0015.oracle.com (abhmp0015.oracle.com [141.146.116.21]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x153m2dT004624; Tue, 5 Feb 2019 03:48:02 GMT Received: from ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com (/10.159.214.123) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 05 Feb 2019 03:48:01 +0000 To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, martin.petersen@oracle.com, ooo@electrozaur.com, Johannes Thumshirn , Benjamin Block , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: remove exofs, the T10 OSD code and block/scsi bidi support V4 From: "Martin K. Petersen" Organization: Oracle Corporation References: <20190201075557.9249-1-hch@lst.de> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 22:47:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20190201075557.9249-1-hch@lst.de> (Christoph Hellwig's message of "Fri, 1 Feb 2019 08:55:49 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=5900 definitions=9157 signatures=668682 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1011 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=654 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1810050000 definitions=main-1902050027 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Christoph, > The only real user of the T10 OSD protocol, the pNFS object layout > driver never went to the point of having shipping products, and we > removed it 1.5 years ago. Exofs is just a simple example without real > life users. > > The code has been mostly unmaintained for years and is getting in the > way of block / SCSI changes, and does not even work properly currently, > so I think it's finally time to drop it. Applied to 5.1/scsi-queue. Thanks! -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering