Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v2] libmultipath: is_path_valid(): check if device is in use

2022-12-12 Thread Martin Wilck
On Tue, 2022-12-06 at 18:37 -0600, Benjamin Marzinski wrote: > On Sat, Dec 03, 2022 at 12:43:38AM +0100, mwi...@suse.com wrote: > > From: Martin Wilck > > > > To check whether we will be able to add a given device can be part > > of a multipath map, we have two tests in check_path_valid(): > >

Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v3] virtio_blk: add VIRTIO_BLK_F_LIFETIME feature support

2022-12-12 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 04:58:47AM +, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote: > Michael, > > On 12/7/22 12:28, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 08:31:28AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 05:21:48AM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > >>> Christoph you acked

Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v3] virtio_blk: add VIRTIO_BLK_F_LIFETIME feature support

2022-12-12 Thread Chaitanya Kulkarni
On 12/11/22 01:49, Alvaro Karsz wrote: >> Alvaro could you pls explain the use-case? Christoph has doubts that >> it's useful. Do you have a device implementing this? > > Our HW exposes virtio devices, virtio block included. > The block device backend can be a eMMC/uSD card. > > The HW can

Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v3] virtio_blk: add VIRTIO_BLK_F_LIFETIME feature support

2022-12-12 Thread Chaitanya Kulkarni
Michael, On 12/7/22 12:28, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 08:31:28AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 05:21:48AM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >>> Christoph you acked the spec patch adding this to virtio blk: >>> >>> Still not a fan of the

[dm-devel] [git pull] device mapper changes for 6.2

2022-12-12 Thread Mike Snitzer
Hi Linus, The following changes since commit b7b275e60bcd5f89771e865a8239325f86d9927d: Linux 6.1-rc7 (2022-11-27 13:31:48 -0800) are available in the Git repository at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm.git tags/for-6.2/dm-changes for you to fetch

[dm-devel] [announce] thin-provisioning-tools v1.0.0-rc1

2022-12-12 Thread Joe Thornber
We're pleased to announce the first release candidate of v1.0.0 of the thin-provisioning-tools (which also contains tools for dm-cache and dm-era). Please try it out on your test systems and give us feedback. In particular regarding documentation, build and install process.