Re: [PATCH v7 0/3] FDP and per-io hints

Javier Gonzalez <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.aio.general,gmane.linux.file-systems,gmane.linux.kernel.io-uring,gmane.linux.block
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 11.10.2024 10:56, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 02:22:32PM +0200, Javier Gonzalez wrote:
>> Passthru is great for prototyping and getting insights on end-to-end
>> applicability. We see though that it is difficult to get a full solution
>> based on it, unless people implement a use-space layer tailored to their
>> use-case (e.g., a version SPDK's bdev). After the POC phase, most folks
>> that can use passthru prefer to move to block - with a validated
>> use-case it should be easier to get things upstream.
>>
>> This is exactly where we are now.
>
>That's a lot of marketing babble :)    What exact thing is missing
>from the passthrough interface when using say spdx over io_uring?

The block layer provides a lot of functionality that passthru cannot
provide. A simple example would be splits. You know this :)

I am sure Jens and Keith can give you more specifics on their particular
reasons.

>
>> If you saw the comments from Christian on the inode space, there are a
>> few plumbing challenges. Do you have any patches we could look at?
>
>I'm not sure what you refer to here.

This from Christian:
   https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240903-erfassen-bandmitglieder-32dfaeee66b2@brauner/

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