linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] block: add support for notifications

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Message-ID: <ZqlA21iolCpnu4wn@infradead.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:36:59 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Li Lingfeng <lilingfeng3@...wei.com>,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>,
	Christian Heusel <christian@...sel.eu>,
	Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
	Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>, John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>,
	Chad Monroe <chad.monroe@...ran.com>,
	Yangyu Chen <cyy@...self.name>,
	Tianling Shen <cnsztl@...ortalwrt.org>,
	Chuanhong Guo <gch981213@...il.com>,
	Chen Minqiang <ptpt52@...il.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] block: add support for notifications

Same NAK as last time.  Random modules should not be able to hook
directly into block device / partition probing.

What you want to do can be done trivially in userspace in initramfs,
please do that as recommended multiple times before.