Re: [PATCH v2] virtio_blk: Add support for lifetime feature

From: Cornelia Huck
Date: Tue Apr 20 2021 - 12:41:24 EST


On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 06:08:29 -0400
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 08:01:29AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Just to despit my 2 cents again: I think the way this is specified
> > in the virtio spec is actively harmful and we should not suport it in
> > Linux.
> >
> > If others override me we at least need to require a detailed
> > documentation of these fields as the virto spec does not provide it.
> >
> > Please also do not add pointless over 80 character lines, and follow
> > the one value per sysfs file rule.
>
> Enrico would you like to raise the issues with the virtio TC
> for resolution?
>

FWIW, I've opened https://github.com/oasis-tcs/virtio-spec/issues/106
to track this.