linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] scsi-mq prototype discussion

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Date:	Thu, 11 Jul 2013 18:33:35 -0700
From:	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	ksummit-2013-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	James Smart <James.Smart@...lex.Com>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Bottomley <jbottomley@...allels.com>,
	Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@...gic.com>, kmo@...erainc.com,
	target-devel <target-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] scsi-mq prototype discussion

On Thu, 2013-07-11 at 18:02 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 05:23:32PM -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> > Drilling down the work items ahead of a real mainline push is high on
> > priority list for discussion.
> > 
> > The parties to be included in such a discussion are:
> > 
> >   - Jens Axboe (blk-mq author)
> >   - James Bottomley (scsi maintainer)
> >   - Christoph Hellwig (scsi)
> >   - Martin Petersen (scsi)
> >   - Tejun Heo (block + libata)
> >   - Hannes Reinecke (scsi error recovery)
> >   - Kent Overstreet (block, per-cpu ida)
> >   - Stephen Cameron (scsi-over-pcie driver)
> >   - Andrew Vasquez (qla2xxx LLD)
> >   - James Smart (lpfc LLD)
> 
> Isn't this something that should have been discussed at the storage
> mini-summit a few months ago?

The scsi-mq prototype, along with blk-mq (in it's current form) did not
exist a few short months ago.  ;)

>  It seems very specific to one subsystem to be a kernel summit topic,
> don't you think?

It's no more subsystem specific than half of the other proposals so far,
and given it's reach across multiple subsystems (block, scsi, target),
and the amount of off-list interest on the topic, I think it would make
a good candidate for discussion.

Thanks,

--nab 

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