lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <28237ec3-c3c1-1f0c-5250-04a88845d4a6@huaweicloud.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 18:31:53 +0800
From: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>, axboe@...nel.dk, roger.pau@...rix.com,
 colyli@...e.de, kent.overstreet@...il.com, joern@...ybastard.org,
 miquel.raynal@...tlin.com, richard@....at, vigneshr@...com,
 sth@...ux.ibm.com, hoeppner@...ux.ibm.com, hca@...ux.ibm.com,
 gor@...ux.ibm.com, agordeev@...ux.ibm.com, jejb@...ux.ibm.com,
 martin.petersen@...cle.com, clm@...com, josef@...icpanda.com,
 dsterba@...e.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, brauner@...nel.org,
 nico@...xnic.net, xiang@...nel.org, chao@...nel.org, tytso@....edu,
 adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jack@...e.com, konishi.ryusuke@...il.com,
 willy@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hare@...e.de,
 p.raghav@...sung.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
 linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-bcachefs@...r.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org,
 linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org,
 yi.zhang@...wei.com, yangerkun@...wei.com, "yukuai (C)" <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v3 for-6.8/block 04/17] mtd: block2mtd: use bdev apis

Hi,

在 2024/01/05 14:10, Christoph Hellwig 写道:
> On Thu, Jan 04, 2024 at 12:28:55PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
>> What do you think? Because when we are working with the folios it is rather
>> natural to use their mapping for dirty balancing?
> 
> The real problem is that block2mtd pokes way to deep into block
> internals.
> 
> I think the saviour here is Christians series to replace the bdev handle
> with a struct file, which will allow to use the normal file write path
> here and get rid of the entire layering volation.

Yes, looks like lots of patches from this set is not needed anymore.
I'll stop sending v4 and just send some patches that is not related to
'bd_inode' separately.

Thanks,
Kuai

> 
> .
> 


Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ