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=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham 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 E621AC282C4 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 20:31:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB7092073D for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 20:31:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728343AbfBDUbq (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2019 15:31:46 -0500 Received: from mail-wr1-f52.google.com ([209.85.221.52]:38236 "EHLO mail-wr1-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728332AbfBDUbq (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2019 15:31:46 -0500 Received: by mail-wr1-f52.google.com with SMTP id v13so1333406wrw.5; Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:31:44 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:cc:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=antHsuw/vVJmWBDUzzccn0fS6XiezfFcD5Es3uKUq3Q=; b=WgMLv9NdZQy1+ESgq8j+HNGfr7aQ81Iqo4yURlJ0/P16oqY6x81BiNeywXCsNRw9uu w6geq/WxlCRF8lQrx35PPDCWSQ0m2LkA1PTlRTJUJPZecuzvhdtfWYNqE4H6qEhJ4Ekk jyOcRqCUQ6acozmI9CEKr5o01QgmQy8Dkf33z1mPnSKnvJWFhSqm2/8mkEVOSgxtQLj+ f4hY1QmNnLO6s5kE1kgRSbjlRnIge776LKBy8wDKlTKNgDVRzc+LpOzFfThyLXWr+wvW oAqDzkec20KvNYSVwvdGnsYRM9yvZy2v61U3iESn0T0n2dyszAlxljdyjN3czR3AnWot 0YtA== X-Gm-Message-State: AHQUAuaUsnzXtf36bstxfJwIOSE6YGqV4ukX7OYffWB8iikr7Yc0siah Q4s40IqOmY0TaaMATEvq/0SyXJyO X-Google-Smtp-Source: AHgI3IbaGrOP4TGXszTgDgXcRKnaNaxxXTQ002dAKNhXMfNixDFkbFTXaR2QfqFX0qwBbfkLp/WsCw== X-Received: by 2002:adf:f347:: with SMTP id e7mr880844wrp.25.1549312303554; Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:31:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.0.5] ([207.232.55.62]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b18sm17301478wrw.83.2019.02.04.12.31.40 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:31:41 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: remove exofs, the T10 OSD code and block/scsi bidi support V4 To: Christoph Hellwig , axboe@kernel.dk, martin.petersen@oracle.com References: <20190201075557.9249-1-hch@lst.de> Cc: Johannes Thumshirn , Benjamin Block , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Boaz Harrosh Message-ID: <3be11773-5ea9-4c08-25a5-dc556ded2d6f@electrozaur.com> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 22:31:39 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190201075557.9249-1-hch@lst.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-block-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org On 01/02/19 09:55, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > 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, For the 4th time: Which ? > and does not even work properly currently, > so I think it's finally time to drop it. > > Quote from Boaz: > Hello? anyone home? Please resend without the below Quote!!! Because yes I said that but I have also said the opposite. And I have clearly stated in reaction to the last 3 resends. That I now oppose to the below statement. And that you should please remove it. Do your own text please. Don't drag me in the mud > "As I said then. It is used in Universities for studies and experiments. > Every once in a while. I get an email with questions and reports. > > But yes feel free to remove the all thing!! > > I guess I can put it up on github. In a public tree. > > Just that I will need to forward port it myself, til now you guys > been doing this for me ;-)" > > Now the last time this caused a bit of a stir, but still no actual users, > not even for SG_IO passthrough commands. So here we go again, this time > including removing everything in the scsi and block layer supporting it, > and thus shrinking struct request. > NAK-by: Boaz harrosh For what ever that means ... Cheers Boaz