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Message-ID: <CAPhsuW6k_Kh+iFq5jpbkn+-zFScg1_EpfEPRtMNDtyxhMsj0vQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:46:39 -0800
From:   Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] md/md-multipath: Convert "struct mpconf" to flexible array

Hi Christoph,

On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 9:46 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 10:11:10AM -0800, Song Liu wrote:
> > We marked it as deprecated about 2.5 years ago. But to be honest,
> > I currently don't have a plan to remove it. I guess I should start thinking
> > about it.
>
> Let's just kill it off ASAP.  It never had a large user base and based
> by dm-multipath not long after it has been added.  It also doesn't
> support any uniqueue hardware and has no on-disk format.

Thanks for the suggestion.

> If you want any blame deflected from you I'd be happy to send the patch
> to remove it.

Let me give it a try. I am kinda curious what gonna happen. :)

Thanks,
Song

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