linux-kernel - Re: pktcdvd

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Message-ID: <20230129222121.tjfxgzfqvwj3sotp@pali>
Date:   Sun, 29 Jan 2023 23:21:21 +0100
From:   Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: pktcdvd

On Sunday 29 January 2023 14:55:27 Jens Axboe wrote:
> This does not look like a new issue (eg related to this series), and
> this is exactly one of the reasons we wanted to get rid of this code -
> basically nobody tests it, as nobody has the ability to. That means it's
> very time consuming to debug issues with it.

I understand. I could try to look at it. The main issue for me is that I
have not looked at this low level block device kernel area and I do not
understand what is the code around doing...

> What is the newest kernel you've run the pktcdvd driver on?

4.19 from Debian 10. I'm not sure if I used newer version as most stuff
is still on Debian 10 as I have not find a time to do upgrade of
everything.