Hello, Rick. On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 02:04:15AM -0700, Rick Lindsley wrote: > In contrast, the provided patch fixes the observed problem with no ripple > effect to other subsystems or utilities. > > Greg had suggested > Treat the system as a whole please, don't go for a short-term > fix that we all know is not solving the real problem here. > > Your solution affects multiple subsystems; this one affects one. Which is > the whole system approach in terms of risk? You mentioned you support 30k > scsi disks but only because they are slow so the inefficiencies of kernfs > don't show. That doesn't bother you? I suggest putting honest thoughts into finding a long term solution instead of these rhetorical retorts. If you really can't see how ill-suited the current use of interface and proposed solution is, I'm not sure how better to communicate them to you. Thanks. -- tejun
