RE: copy offload support in Linux - new system call needed? (Linux SCSI)


RE: copy offload support in Linux - new system call needed?
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To: "Ric Wheeler" <ricwheeler@xxxxxxxxx>, "Trond Myklebust" <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: copy offload support in Linux - new system call needed?
From: "Loke, Chetan" <Chetan.Loke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:31:28 -0500
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Al Viro" <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-fsdevel" <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Hannes Reinecke" <hare@xxxxxxx>, "Andrew Morton" <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Joel Becker" <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "James Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Thread-topic: copy offload support in Linux - new system call needed?

> 
> I think that hypervisor vendors will be very interested in this feature
> which
> would explain why vmware was active in drafting both the NFS and T10

Specs are the only way to convince storage-target-vendors ;). Otherwise target-stack will need to implement multiple custom-CDB-handlers for different front-end APIs(which is ugly).


Chetan



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