Re: [PATCH 0/3] block: blk_interposer - Block Layer Interposer

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On 12/11/20 9:30 AM, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> While I still think there needs to be a proper _upstream_ consumer of
> blk_interposer as a condition of it going in.. I'll let others make the
> call.

That's an unequivocal rule.

> As such, I'll defer to Jens, Christoph and others on whether your
> minimalist blk_interposer hook is acceptable in the near-term.

I don't think so, we don't do short term bandaids just to plan on
ripping that out when the real functionality is there. IMHO, the dm
approach is the way to go - it provides exactly the functionality that
is needed in an appropriate way, instead of hacking some "interposer"
into the core block layer.

-- 
Jens Axboe




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