linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 00/10] Implement copy offload support

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Message-ID: <20221129121634.GB16802@test-zns>
Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:46:34 +0530
From:   Nitesh Shetty <nj.shetty@...sung.com>
To:     Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanyak@...dia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/10] Implement copy offload support

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 10:56:23PM +0000, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote:
> (+ Shinichiro)
> 
> On 11/22/22 21:58, Nitesh Shetty wrote:
> > The patch series covers the points discussed in November 2021 virtual
> > call [LSF/MM/BFP TOPIC] Storage: Copy Offload [0].
> > We have covered the initial agreed requirements in this patchset and
> > further additional features suggested by community.
> > Patchset borrows Mikulas's token based approach for 2 bdev
> > implementation.
> > 
> > This is on top of our previous patchset v4[1].
> 
> Now that series is converging, since patch-series touches
> drivers and key components in the block layer you need accompany
> the patch-series with the blktests to cover the corner cases in the
> drivers which supports this operations, as I mentioned this in the
> call last year....
> 
> If you need any help with that feel free to send an email to linux-block
> and CC me or Shinichiro (added in CC )...
> 
> -ck
>

Yes any help would be appreciated. I am not familiar with blktest 
development/testing cycle. Do we need add blktests along with patch 
series or do we need to add after patch series gets merged(to be merged)?

Thanks
Nitesh