linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: Add SCSI error events, sent as kobject uevents by mid-layer

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Message-ID: <18aa42a73584fcf50b07d7a43073e55fb4c3159b.camel@HansenPartnership.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 16:27:33 -0400
From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To: Salomon Dushimirimana <salomondush@...gle.com>, "Martin K . Petersen"
	 <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: Add SCSI error events, sent as kobject uevents by
 mid-layer

On Tue, 2025-05-13 at 12:00 -0700, Salomon Dushimirimana wrote:
> Hi James and Martin
> 
> I wanted to follow up on this patch! It's a decently sized patch, so
> it might take some time, but I'd love to hear your thoughts and
> address any feedback!!

I think the first fundamental question should be why is this a uevent?
It looks like what you're obtaining is really tracing information on
the retry and we could simply add it as another tracepoint in the
existing blktrace infrastructure SCSI already has.

Regards,

James