Re: [virtio-dev] Fwd: [PATCH v2] Provide detailed specification of virtio-blk lifetime metrics

[Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Jul 14 2021, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 12:37:26PM -0700, Enrico Granata wrote:
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Enrico Granata <egranata@google.com>
>> Date: Wed, May 5, 2021 at 1:37 PM
>> Subject: [PATCH v2] Provide detailed specification of virtio-blk
>> lifetime metrics
>> To: <virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org>
>> Cc: <egranata@google.com>, <hch@infradead.org>, <mst@redhat.com>,
>> <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>,
>> <virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>
>> 
>> 
>> In the course of review, some concerns were surfaced about the
>> original virtio-blk lifetime proposal, as it depends on the eMMC
>> spec which is not open
>> 
>> Add a more detailed description of the meaning of the fields
>> added by that proposal to the virtio-blk specification, as to
>> make it feasible to understand and implement the new lifetime
>> metrics feature without needing to refer to JEDEC's specification
>> 
>> This patch does not change the meaning of those fields nor add
>> any new fields, but it is intended to provide an open and more
>> clear description of the meaning associated with those fields.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Enrico Granata <egranata@google.com>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2:
>>   - clarified JEDEC references;
>>   - added VIRTIO_BLK prefix and cleaned up comment syntax;
>>   - clarified reserved block references
>> 
>>  content.tex | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> Ping?
>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

[Enrico is currently on leave of absence]

Is there any outstanding feedback from the linux-block folks? I've lost
track of this, I'm afraid. (Your R-b is the only feedback I see on this
list...)

We can certainly put up a vote. This is one of the things I wanted to
see fixed for the next release of the standard.