From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E09A2C433E1 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 23:26:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADE7A20748 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2020 23:26:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728719AbgHTX0i (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:26:38 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:38455 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728498AbgHTX0h (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:26:37 -0400 IronPort-SDR: NvRIFNIpo3jGD8iw2mXPYOAWx7JBEwY6CI67vcX3ujVI9NrDJCn769lovDmafHNZtISfdfOGmG EUacAGIMsIqg== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9719"; a="153030831" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.76,334,1592895600"; d="scan'208";a="153030831" X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 20 Aug 2020 16:26:37 -0700 IronPort-SDR: 9Ky8mvGz0EN6h1i76ZR7v1lvNDl6DrRr3zpNs9V+NYGDw4SEgSPFiy5VWkb1qrPkhvjvx+kJ6N Hj1MJ1KtOSww== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.76,334,1592895600"; d="scan'208";a="472830363" Received: from unknown (HELO dwf-u18040) ([10.232.115.15]) by orsmga005-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 20 Aug 2020 16:26:36 -0700 Message-ID: <0e911fce1c5c6f7dc01263ecdc280e76a0ea202f.camel@linux.intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] nvme: add emulation for zone-append From: David Fugate Reply-To: david.fugate@linux.intel.com To: Keith Busch Cc: Jens Axboe , Christoph Hellwig , Kanchan Joshi , "Damien.LeMoal@wdc.com" , "sagi@grimberg.me" , "linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com" , Nitesh Shetty , SelvaKumar S , Javier Gonzalez , david.fugate@intel.com Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 17:26:35 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20200820034539.GA12222@redsun51.ssa.fujisawa.hgst.com> References: <20200818052936.10995-1-joshi.k@samsung.com> <20200818052936.10995-3-joshi.k@samsung.com> <20200818071249.GB2544@lst.de> <9fa64efe-8477-5d33-20ed-9619a9fe8d70@kernel.dk> <20200819221054.GB26818@dhcp-10-100-145-180.wdl.wdc.com> <20200820034539.GA12222@redsun51.ssa.fujisawa.hgst.com> Organization: Intel Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2020-08-20 at 12:45 +0900, Keith Busch wrote: > For the record, the suggestion provided, which you agreed to look > into, > most broadly enables your hardware on Linux and was entirely to your > benefit. Not quite as dramatic as a political conspiracy. > > You later responded with a technical argument against that > suggestion; > however, your reason didn't add up, and that's where you left the > thread. The suggestion to the rejected patch was passed onto the related FW team, and the "technical argument" was our FW team's response to the suggestion which I relayed to the list. At this point, there's no closure on whether the device will get NOIOB. My point in bringing up this example was a one-line, highly- maintainable patch which improves the performance of Linux should not have been immediatedly NAK'ed as it was. If you believe it should have, we'll agree to disagree.