linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] genhd: add minimal namespace infrastructure

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Date:   Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:04:52 -0400
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@...onical.com>,
        David Rheinsberg <david.rheinsberg@...il.com>,
        Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>,
        Christian Kellner <ckellner@...hat.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Stéphane Graber <stgraber@...ntu.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] genhd: add minimal namespace infrastructure

Hello,

On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 05:21:49PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> This lets the block_class properly support loopfs device by introducing
> the minimal infrastructure needed to support different sysfs views for
> devices belonging to the block_class. This is similar to how network
> devices work. Note, that nothing changes with this patch since

I was hoping that all devices on the system would be visible at the root level
as administration at system level becomes pretty tricky otherwise. Is it just
me who thinks this way?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun