linux-kernel - Re: Recent removal of bsg read/write support

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Date:   Sun, 2 Sep 2018 13:44:31 +0200
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To:     drorl@...inidat.com
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: Recent removal of bsg read/write support

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On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 1:37 PM Dror Levin <drorl@...inidat.com> wrote:
>
> Note: I am not subscribed to LKML so please CC replies to this email.
>
> Hi,
>
> We have an internal tool that uses the bsg read/write interface to
> issue SCSI commands as part of a test suite for a storage device.
>
> After recently reading on LWN that this interface is to be removed we
> tried porting our code to use sg instead. However, that raises new
> issues - mainly getting ENOMEM over iSCSI for unknown reasons.
>
> Because of this we would like to continue using the bsg interface,
> even if some changes are required to meet security concerns.
>
> Is there any chance for this removal to be reverted? I saw it was
> already included in 4.19-rc1.
>
> Regards,
> Dror



-- 
Thanks,
//richard