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From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Tue, 19 Jul 2022 12:15:13 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 0/2] ublk: add io_uring based userspace block driver
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
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Hi Ming,

Thanks for your patch!

On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 2:24 AM Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com> wrote:
> --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
> @@ -409,10 +409,13 @@ config BLK_DEV_RBD
>           If unsure, say N.
>
>  config BLK_DEV_UBLK
> -       tristate "Userspace block driver"
> +       tristate "Userspace block driver (Experimental)"
>         select IO_URING
>         help
> -          io uring based userspace block driver.
> +         io_uring based userspace block driver. Together with ublk server, ublk
> +         has been working well, but interface with userspace or command data
> +         definition isn't finalized yet, and might change according to future
> +         requirement, so mark is as experimental now.

it

>
>  source "drivers/block/rnbd/Kconfig"

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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