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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
Cc: "Christoph Hellwig" <hch@infradead.org>,
	"Jens Axboe" <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	"Marek Marczykowski-Górecki" <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/7] block: Support creating a struct file from a block device
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:53:03 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y9jW73uAtE3HdCou@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y9gZAJGgdjFtsm9I@itl-email>

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 02:22:39PM -0500, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> What do you recommend instead?  This solves a real problem for
> device-mapper users and I am not aware of a better solution.

You could start with explaining the problem and what other methods
you tried that failed.  In the end it's not my job to fix your problem.
I generally gladly help, but this kind of attitude doesn't get very
far.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-31  8:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-26  3:33 [RFC PATCH 0/7] Allow race-free block device handling Demi Marie Obenour
2023-01-26  3:33 ` [RFC PATCH 1/7] block: Support creating a struct file from a block device Demi Marie Obenour
2023-01-30  8:08   ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-01-30 19:22     ` Demi Marie Obenour
2023-01-31  8:53       ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2023-01-31 16:27         ` Demi Marie Obenour
2023-02-01  7:45           ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-02-01 16:18             ` Demi Marie Obenour
2023-02-02  8:49           ` Ming Lei
2023-02-02 17:24             ` Demi Marie Obenour
2023-01-26  3:33 ` [RFC PATCH 2/7] Allow userspace to get an FD to a newly-created DM device Demi Marie Obenour
2023-01-26  3:33 ` [RFC PATCH 3/7] Implement diskseq checks in blkback Demi Marie Obenour
2023-01-26  3:33 ` [RFC PATCH 4/7] Increment diskseq when releasing a loop device Demi Marie Obenour
2023-01-30  8:09   ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-01-26  3:33 ` [RFC PATCH 6/7] Minor blkback cleanups Demi Marie Obenour
2023-01-26  3:33 ` [RFC PATCH 7/7] xen/blkback: Inform userspace that device has been opened Demi Marie Obenour
2023-02-02 16:50 ` [RFC PATCH 0/7] Allow race-free block device handling Mike Snitzer
2023-02-02 18:41   ` Demi Marie Obenour
2023-02-02 19:56     ` Mike Snitzer
2023-02-02 20:57       ` Demi Marie Obenour

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