linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET] block/SCSI: implement in-kernel disk event handling, take#2

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Message-ID: <4D0A400F.5090608@kernel.dk>
Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:36:31 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	jeff@...zik.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	kay.sievers@...y.org, jack@...e.cz,
	James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] block/SCSI: implement in-kernel disk event handling,
  take#2

On 2010-12-16 17:31, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On 12/08/2010 08:57 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> This is the second take of in-kernel-disk-event patchset which
>> implements in-kernel disk event handling framework and adds support
>> for it to sr and sd.  This is largely to move media presence polling
>> into kernel as userspace implementation turned out to be quite
>> problematic over the years.
> 
> Kay, Jens, James, how does this look to you guys?

I like the concept, this is probably what we should have done all along.
The user space method has been tried and failed. So I was mostly laying
it low waiting for feedback before integrating this.

Kay?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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