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And so this would mean less code? > > >=20 > > > It would be a lot less code. In fact I don't think we need any new c= ode > > > at all. Just using nvme-loop on top of null_blk or brd should be all > > > that is needed. > >=20 > > Mikulas, > >=20 > > That begs the question why add this instead of using null_blk with > > nvme-loop? > >=20 > > Luis >=20 > I think that nvme-debug (the patch 3) doesn't have to be added to the=20 > kernel. >=20 > Nvme-debug was an old student project that was canceled. I used it becaus= e=20 > it was very easy to add copy offload functionality to it - adding this=20 > capability took just one function with 43 lines of code (nvme_debug_copy)= . > BTW Kanchan's group has looked at adding copy offload support to the target= . I'll let him respond on the timing of upstreaming, I'm under the assumption that it is also a relatively small patch to the target code. > I don't know if someone is interested in continuing the development of=20 > nvme-debug. If yes, I can continue the development, if not, we can just=20 > drop it. >=20 > Mikulas > = 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 us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C84A8C433FE for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2022 09:42:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-211-1Bs5Q9UaNEC0uFLgEmA91g-1; Fri, 04 Feb 2022 04:42:06 -0500 X-MC-Unique: 1Bs5Q9UaNEC0uFLgEmA91g-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25E63839A44; 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Petersen" , Luis Chamberlain , "jack@suse.com" , linux-fsdevel , "lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org" Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [RFC PATCH 3/3] nvme: add the "debug" host driver X-BeenThere: dm-devel@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk List-Id: device-mapper development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-US Content-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, Feb 03, 2022 at 03:57:55PM -0500, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2022, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 03, 2022 at 05:15:34PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 03, 2022 at 08:06:33AM -0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 06:01:13AM +0000, Adam Manzanares wrote: > > > > > BTW I think having the target code be able to implement simple copy without > > > > > moving data over the fabric would be a great way of showing off the command. > > > > > > > > Do you mean this should be implemented instead as a fabrics backend > > > > instead because fabrics already instantiates and creates a virtual > > > > nvme device? And so this would mean less code? > > > > > > It would be a lot less code. In fact I don't think we need any new code > > > at all. Just using nvme-loop on top of null_blk or brd should be all > > > that is needed. > > > > Mikulas, > > > > That begs the question why add this instead of using null_blk with > > nvme-loop? > > > > Luis > > I think that nvme-debug (the patch 3) doesn't have to be added to the > kernel. > > Nvme-debug was an old student project that was canceled. I used it because > it was very easy to add copy offload functionality to it - adding this > capability took just one function with 43 lines of code (nvme_debug_copy). > BTW Kanchan's group has looked at adding copy offload support to the target. I'll let him respond on the timing of upstreaming, I'm under the assumption that it is also a relatively small patch to the target code. > I don't know if someone is interested in continuing the development of > nvme-debug. If yes, I can continue the development, if not, we can just > drop it. > > Mikulas > -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel