Re: [PATCH] Btrfs: add DEVICE_READY ioctl

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On 07/17/2012 01:53 PM, David Sterba wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 08:12:52PM +0200, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
>> On 06/21/2012 10:10 PM, Josef Bacik wrote:
>>> This will be used in conjunction with btrfs device ready <dev>.  This is
[....]
> 
>> Finally I am starting to think that we should definitely switch to a
>> /sys/btrfs style of interface
> 
> I'm all for a sysfs interface, having an ioctl way of retrieving
> information is good, but not practical for use from scripting languages,
> namely for writing tests.

Moreover a sysfs interface is more extensible for further enanchement

> 
> There are some guys working on the sysfs patches, I did preliminary
> reviews. The first step is to bring back the core sysfs support (mostly
> done iirc) and then exporting various information.
> I'll check what's the status.

Great, are there public patches, I am interested in contributing

> 
>> think something like:
>>
>> /sys/btrfs/<fs-uuid>/<dev-uuid>/present
>>                                size
>>                                space-occuped
>>                                number-of-error
>>                                [...]
>>
>> /sys/btrfs/<fs-uuid>/<subvolume-id>/read-only
>>                                     compressed
>>                                     raid-mode
>>                                     path
>>                                     [...]
>>
>> /sys/btrfs/<fs-uuid>/label
>>                      mounted
>>                      read-only
>>                      compressed
>>                      raid-mode
>>                      [...]
> 
> That's a good start for a discussion.
> 
> 
> david
> .
> 

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