linux-kernel - Re: state of drbd in mainline

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Date:   Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:24:33 +0200
From:   Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@...bit.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: state of drbd in mainline

Hi Christoph,

what do you expect for the DRBD changes? Usually, they fall into the
category: yes, obviously. When you are changing the block layer in
this way, then that is necessary for the in-tree DRBD code.

Regarding users: Yes, there are users of the in-tree DRBD code. Very
big corporations. And, yes, we see pressure building up that we get
our act together and re-sync the in-tree DRBD with the out-of tree
DRBD.

best regards,
 Phil

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 9:06 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> while I've been reworking large parts of the block layer over the
> last months I've basically never gotten drbd reviews, and in general
> drbd seems to be completely maintained upstream.  Do we even have users
> for it?  Is it time to drop drbd from the kernel tree?
>
> Thanks,
>         Christoph