linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v4 2/3] Drivers: hv: add Azure Blob driver

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Message-ID: <YPZemNCOa6oGUa25@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:26:48 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     longli@...uxonhyperv.com
Cc:     linux-fs@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@...el.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Andra Paraschiv <andraprs@...zon.com>,
        Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@...eaurora.org>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch v4 2/3] Drivers: hv: add Azure Blob driver

On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 08:31:05PM -0700, longli@...uxonhyperv.com wrote:
> From: Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
> 
> Azure Blob provides scalable, secure and shared storage services for Azure.
> 
> This driver adds support for accelerated access to Azure Blob storage. As an
> alternative to REST APIs, it provides a fast data path that uses host native
> network stack and direct data link for storage server access.

Thank you for fixing up the license info, but you did not include any
information here about how to use this, where the userspace tools are,
nor why you are going around the existing kernel block layer and proof
that going around the block layer is a good idea.

thanks,

greg k-h