linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] block

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Date:   Mon, 10 May 2021 09:21:56 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     "zhangyi (F)" <yi.zhang@...wei.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        jack@...e.cz
Cc:     tytso@....edu, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, hch@...radead.org,
        mcgrof@...nel.org, keescook@...omium.org, yzaikin@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] block_dump: remove block dump

On 3/12/21 8:01 PM, zhangyi (F) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> block_dump is an old debugging interface and can be replaced by
> tracepoints, and we also found a deadlock issue relate to it[1]. As Jan
> suggested, this patch set delete the whole block_dump feature, we can
> use tracepoints to get the similar information. If someone still using
> this feature cannot switch to use tracepoints or any other suggestions,
> please let us know.

Applied for 5.14, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe