From: "Lukáš Czerner" <lczerner@redhat.com>
To: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>
Cc: "Lukáš Czerner" <lczerner@redhat.com>,
util-linux@vger.kernel.org, kzak@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blkdiscard: add new command
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:14:25 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1209261612370.31136@dhcp-187-45.bos.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPXgP11oktXSe3yxdOZCMzNOSrfVawtL95nBuM_NYxB9KPvOdA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Kay Sievers wrote:
> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:04:37 +0200
> From: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>
> To: Lukáš Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>
> Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org, kzak@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] blkdiscard: add new command
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Lukáš Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Sep 2012, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:49:15 -0400
> >> From: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>
> >> To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org, kzak@redhat.com
> >> Cc: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>
> >> Subject: [PATCH] blkdiscard: add new command
> >>
> >> blkdiscard is used to discard device sectors. This is useful for
> >> solid-state drivers (SSDs) and thinly-provisioned storage. Unlike
> >> fstrim this command is used directly on the block device.
> >>
> >> blkkdiscard uses BLKDISCARD ioctl or BLKSECDISCARD ioctl for the secure
> >> discard.
> >>
> >> All data in the discarded region on the device will be lost!
> >
> > Hi Karel,
> >
> > any progress here ?
>
> Where is the patch for blockdev?
There is not.
>
> I'm still convinced randomly named tools per new kernel ioctl is not
> what we want. People should get their act together, and not add the
> tool of the week to util-linux.
And I am still convinced that multiplexing different functionalities
together into a single tool is not always the best way to go,
especially when they does not have nothing in common.
Thanks!
-Lukas
>
> Thanks,
> Kay
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-26 20:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-12 21:49 [PATCH] blkdiscard: add new command Lukas Czerner
2012-09-12 22:43 ` Kay Sievers
2012-09-12 22:47 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2012-09-13 13:37 ` Lukáš Czerner
2012-09-13 13:57 ` Karel Zak
2012-09-13 14:09 ` Lukáš Czerner
2012-09-13 15:33 ` Kay Sievers
2012-09-13 15:52 ` Lukáš Czerner
2012-09-13 15:32 ` Kay Sievers
2012-09-26 19:47 ` Lukáš Czerner
2012-09-26 20:04 ` Kay Sievers
2012-09-26 20:14 ` Lukáš Czerner [this message]
2012-09-26 20:27 ` Kay Sievers
2012-09-26 21:01 ` Lukáš Czerner
2012-09-27 9:42 ` Karel Zak
2012-09-27 15:21 ` Lukáš Czerner
2012-09-27 15:49 ` Martin K. Petersen
2012-09-27 17:03 ` Lukáš Czerner
2012-09-27 17:03 ` Lukáš Czerner
2012-09-27 17:33 ` Martin K. Petersen
2012-09-27 17:33 ` Martin K. Petersen
2012-09-27 23:17 ` Karel Zak
2012-09-27 23:13 ` Karel Zak
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