On Mon, Jan 06, 2025 at 08:24:06AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote: > A lot more code where? Very good and relevant question. Some random new repo that no one knows about? Not very helpful. xfstests itself? Maybe, but that would just means other users have to fork it. > Not in the kernel. And now we're stuck with a new > driver for a relatively niche use case. Seems like a bad tradeoff to me. Seriously, if you can't Damien and me to maintain a little driver using completely standard interfaces without any magic you'll have different problems keepign the block layer alive :)