From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, arnd@arndb.de, linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove the raw driver
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 09:39:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YLSSoRf3xXWEKGmV@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YLSSgyznnaUPmRaT@kroah.com>
On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 09:38:43AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 10:25:26AM +0300, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > The raw driver used to provide direct unbuffered access to block devices
> > before O_DIRECT was invented. It has been obsolete for more than a
> > decade.
>
> What? Really? We can finally do this? Yes!
>
> For some reason, I thought there was some IBM userspace tools that
> relied on this device, if not, then great!
>
> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
>
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
>
Ah wait, this is in my subsystem :)
I'll queue this up in a few days if no one complains.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-31 7:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-31 7:25 [PATCH] remove the raw driver Christoph Hellwig
2021-05-31 7:38 ` Greg KH
2021-05-31 7:39 ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-05-31 8:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-31 8:24 ` Hannes Reinecke
2021-06-04 13:36 ` Greg KH
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