Re: [PATCH 0/6] Use system blktap

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>]

On 07/07/2015 03:21 PM, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-07-06 at 11:51 +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> 
>> George Dunlap (6): 
>>   libxl: Make local_initiate_attach more rational
>>   libxl: Remove linux udev rules
>>   tools: Add a block-tap script for setting up tapdisks via tap-ctl
>>   libxl: Use the block-tap script for LIBXL_DISK_BACKEND_TAP
>>   tools: Remove in-tree blktap2
>>   libxl: Add more logging to hotplug script path
> 
> Could some subset of this series safely go in now? I'm thinking in
> particular of:
>   libxl: Make local_initiate_attach more rational
>   libxl: Add more logging to hotplug script path
> 
> Which look useful and standalone, assuming the first doesn't need any of
> the rest.
> 
> I'm not sure if the udev stuff makes sense without the blktap script
> stuff (which appears to need a little more discussion if nothing else).
> I'll take it if you say it is safe to do so...

The first three can go in without any regressions, and I think would be
useful.  The udev stuff fixes a bug for *all* block scripts --
including, block-iscsi and block-nbd.

 -George