Re: [PATCH] tcmu: export supported device features in configfs

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On Sat, 2017-07-08 at 02:52 -0500, Mike Christie wrote:
> Userspace tools like targetcli are not able to dynamically detect if a
> tcmu device supports kernel features ALUA or PGRs. In some kernels it
> can create ALUA groups, but writing/reading ALUA files can lead to
> nice error codes but also crashes and hangs.
> 
> This patch, made over Nicks's for next branch, adds a device configfs
> attribute to report the kernel features the device supports, so tools
> can check that before attempting to activate some of these features
> that were partially supported in older kernels.
> 
> It can also be used for future feautes like possibly inquiry suppport
> if we do end up moving that to the kernel so we can properly report
> port info.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <mchristi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/target/target_core_user.c     | 13 +++++++++++++
>  include/uapi/linux/target_core_user.h |  3 +++
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

Applied to target-pending/for-next.

Thanks MNC.

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