Re: [Nbd] [PATCH 6/6] nbd: add a basic netlink interface

2017-03-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 09:56:48AM -0500, Josef Bacik wrote: > On Wed, 2017-03-08 at 11:07 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 11:57:11AM -0500, Josef Bacik wrote: > > > > > > The existing ioctl interface for configuring NBD devices is a bit > > > cumbersome and hard to

Re: [Nbd] [PATCH 6/6] nbd: add a basic netlink interface

2017-03-08 Thread Josef Bacik
On Wed, 2017-03-08 at 11:07 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 11:57:11AM -0500, Josef Bacik wrote: > > > > The existing ioctl interface for configuring NBD devices is a bit > > cumbersome and hard to extend.  The other problem is we leave a > > userspace app sitting in it's

Re: [Nbd] [PATCH 6/6] nbd: add a basic netlink interface

2017-03-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 11:57:11AM -0500, Josef Bacik wrote: > The existing ioctl interface for configuring NBD devices is a bit > cumbersome and hard to extend. The other problem is we leave a > userspace app sitting in it's syscall until the device disconnects, > which is less than ideal.