[PATCH 3/3] /dev/null: add IORING_OP_URING_CMD support
Greg Kroah-Hartman
gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Tue Aug 23 06:52:12 UTC 2022
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 05:21:19PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> This patch adds support for the io_uring command pass through, aka
> IORING_OP_URING_CMD, to the /dev/null driver. As with all of the
> /dev/null functionality, the implementation is just a simple sink
> where commands go to die, but it should be useful for developers who
> need a simple IORING_OP_URING_CMD test device that doesn't require
> any special hardware.
Also, shouldn't you document this somewhere?
At least in the code itself saying "this is here so that /dev/null works
as a io_uring sink" or something like that? Otherwise it just looks
like it does nothing at all.
thanks,
greg k-h
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