On 05/23/2018 02:22 PM, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 5/23/18 3:20 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote: >> On 05/23/2018 02:14 PM, Jens Axboe wrote: >>> On 5/23/18 2:52 PM, Kees Cook wrote: >>>> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 7:31 AM, Jens Axboe <ax...@kernel.dk> wrote: >>>>> On 5/23/18 8:25 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >>>>>> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 08:13:56AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: >>>>>>>> Should I move to code to a new drivers/scsi/scsi_sense.c and add it to >>>>>>>> drivers/scsi/Makefile as: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_SCSI_REQUEST) += scsi_sense.o >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Every place I want to use the code is already covered by >>>>>>>> CONFIG_BLK_SCSI_REQUEST, so it seems like I just need to know where to >>>>>>>> put the .c file. :P >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think this is so much saner than a SCSI select or dependency, so I'll >>>>>>> have to disagree with Martin and Christoph. Just put it in drivers/scsi, >>>>>>> if it's the location they care about. >>>>>> >>>>>> I actually plan to remove CONFIG_BLK_SCSI_REQUEST in a merge window >>>>>> or two. The only users are scsi and the ide layer, (virtio_blk >>>>>> support has already been accidentally disabled for a while), and getting >>>>>> rid of it allows to to shrink and simply the scsi data structures. >>>>>> >>>>>> But if you want this for now lets keep scsi_sense.c in drivers/scsi >>>>>> but depend on CONFIG_BLK_SCSI_REQUEST, that is easy enough to fix up. >>>>> >>>>> It could be a stand-alone dependency, doesn't have to be BLK_SCSI_REQUEST. >>>>> BLA_SCSI_SENSE or something would do. I don't care too much about that, >>>>> mostly getting rid of the entire stack dependency. >>>> >>>> Aaand, I can't do this and leave it in drivers/scsi because of >>>> drivers/Makefile: >>>> >>>> obj-$(CONFIG_SCSI) += scsi/ >>>> >>>> So: this needs to live in block/ just like CONFIG_BLK_SCSI_REQUEST's >>>> scsi_ioctl.c. I will split it into CONFIG_BLK_SCSI_SENSE, but I'll >>>> still need to move the code from drivers/scsi/ to block/. Is this >>>> okay? >>> >>> Ugh, so that would necessitate a change there too. As I said before, >>> I don't really care where it lives. I know the SCSI folks seem bothered >>> by moving it, but in reality, it's not like this stuff will likely ever >>> really change. Of the two choices (select entire SCSI stack, or just move >>> this little bit), I know what I would consider the saner option... >>> >> >> or option 3: >> >> obj-y += scsi/ >> >> so that make descends into drivers/scsi/ and then builds whatever is needed, >> depending on individual kconfig options. > > Right, that was the initial option, the later two are the other options. >
Sorry, I'm late to the party. -- ~Randy
