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From: Marta Rybczynska <mrybczyn@kalray.eu>
To: Charles Machalow <csm10495@gmail.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	linux-nvme <linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org>,
	kbusch <kbusch@kernel.org>, axboe <axboe@fb.com>,
	Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme: change nvme_passthru_cmd64's result field.
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 15:56:57 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871357470.90297451.1572879417091.JavaMail.zimbra@kalray.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANSCoS-2k08Si3a4b+h-4QTR86EfZHZx_oaGAHWorsYkdp35Bg@mail.gmail.com>



----- On 4 Nov, 2019, at 15:51, Charles Machalow csm10495@gmail.com wrote:

> For this one yes, UAPI size changes. Though I believe this IOCTL
> hasn't been in a released Kernel yet (just RC). Technically it may be
> changeable as a fix until the next Kernel is released. I do think its
> a useful enough
> change to warrant a late fix.

The old one is in UAPI for years. The new one is not yet, right. I'm OK
to change the new structure. To have compatibility you would have to use
the new structure (at least its size) in the user space code. This is
what you'd liek to do?

Marta

  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-04 14:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-31  5:03 [PATCH] nvme: change nvme_passthru_cmd64's result field Charles Machalow
2019-10-31 13:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]   ` <CANSCoS8rN6g7u6iG4SRTcXjdj68cbimvX1n1Ex+FBAkhAAivJA@mail.gmail.com>
2019-10-31 13:59     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-10-31 15:39       ` Charles Machalow
2019-10-31 13:59   ` Charles Machalow
2019-11-04 14:34   ` Marta Rybczynska
2019-11-04 14:51     ` Charles Machalow
2019-11-04 14:56       ` Marta Rybczynska [this message]
2019-11-04 15:01         ` Keith Busch
2019-11-04 15:29           ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-11-04 15:32             ` Keith Busch
2019-11-04 15:01         ` Charles Machalow
2019-11-04 15:16           ` Marta Rybczynska
2019-11-04 15:20             ` Charles Machalow
2019-11-04 15:30               ` Christoph Hellwig

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