From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756516Ab1KITwR (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:52:17 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:62106 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752351Ab1KITwQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:52:16 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 20:51:57 +0100 From: Karel Zak To: James Bottomley Cc: Tejun Heo , Jens Axboe , Nao Nishijima , Kay Sievers , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Alan Cox , Al Viro , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Revert "[SCSI] genhd: add a new attribute "alias" in gendisk" Message-ID: <20111109195157.GN16397@nb.net.home> References: <20111109162512.GB1260@google.com> <1320859800.8294.27.camel@dabdike.int.hansenpartnership.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1320859800.8294.27.camel@dabdike.int.hansenpartnership.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 11:30:00AM -0600, James Bottomley wrote: > On Wed, 2011-11-09 at 08:25 -0800, Tejun Heo wrote: > > This reverts commit a72c5e5eb738033938ab30d6a634b74d1d060f10. [...] > No, I can't agree with this ... if you propose a working alternative, > I'm listening, but in the absence of one, I think the hack fills a gap "The hack fills a gap" -- the definitive guide to Operation System API designing by James Bottomley; ISBN-666-666. ;-) If you open this Pandora's box then one day end-users will ask for the feature in all userspace utils. It's not about printk() only, it's about aliases for block devices. It's pretty invasive from long-term point of view... Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com