RE: [Patch v3 2/3] Drivers: hv: add Azure Blob driver
From: Long Li
Date: Wed Jul 14 2021 - 17:14:25 EST
> Subject: Re: [Patch v3 2/3] Drivers: hv: add Azure Blob driver
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 07:45:21PM -0700, longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Azure Blob storage provides scalable and durable data storage for Azure.
> >
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> > This driver adds support for accelerated access to Azure Blob storage.
> > As an alternative to REST APIs, it provides a fast data path that uses
> > host native network stack and secure direct data link for storage server
> access.
>
> So it goes around the block layer? Why?
Azure Blob is object-oriented storage solution designed for cloud environments.
While it's entirely possible to go through block layer, it's not as efficient as using
its native APIs for data access. Some of the security features (authentication,
tokens, lifecycle management) are not easily integrated into block layer. The
object model in Azure Blob is designed to be scalable and doesn't have many
limitations that block layer enforces (e.g. number of sectors).
Please refer to this link for different storage models in Azure:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-introduction#core-storage-services
>
> > This driver will be ported to FreeBSD. It's dual licensed for BSD and GPL.
>
> Being the copyright holder, you are free to relicense this code to any other
> license you want to. So why is this single HV driver different from all the
> other ones in this regard when it comes to the license?
>
> Given that this driver only works when talking to GPL-only symbols in the
> kernel, how could it be ported to freebsd as-is by anyone who is not the
> copyright holder?
>
> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Andra Paraschiv <andraprs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Siddharth Gupta <sidgup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst | 2 +
> > drivers/hv/Kconfig | 10 +
> > drivers/hv/Makefile | 1 +
> > drivers/hv/azure_blob.c | 625 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c | 7 +
> > include/linux/hyperv.h | 9 +
> > include/uapi/misc/azure_blob.h | 34 ++
> > 7 files changed, 688 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 drivers/hv/azure_blob.c create mode 100644
> > include/uapi/misc/azure_blob.h
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> > b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> > index 9bfc2b5..d3c2a90 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst
> > @@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ Code Seq# Include File
> Comments
> > 'R' 01 linux/rfkill.h conflict!
> > 'R' C0-DF net/bluetooth/rfcomm.h
> > 'R' E0 uapi/linux/fsl_mc.h
> > +'R' F0-FF uapi/misc/azure_blob.h Microsoft Azure Blob
> driver
> > +
> > +<mailto:longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 'S' all linux/cdrom.h conflict!
> > 'S' 80-81 scsi/scsi_ioctl.h conflict!
> > 'S' 82-FF scsi/scsi.h conflict!
> > diff --git a/drivers/hv/Kconfig b/drivers/hv/Kconfig index
> > 66c794d..e08b8d3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hv/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/hv/Kconfig
> > @@ -27,4 +27,14 @@ config HYPERV_BALLOON
> > help
> > Select this option to enable Hyper-V Balloon driver.
> >
> > +config HYPERV_AZURE_BLOB
> > + tristate "Microsoft Azure Blob driver"
> > + depends on HYPERV && X86_64
> > + help
> > + Select this option to enable Microsoft Azure Blob driver.
> > +
> > + This driver supports accelerated Microsoft Azure Blob access.
>
> No definition of what this is?
>
> > + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will
> be
> > + called azure_blob.
> > +
> > endmenu
> > diff --git a/drivers/hv/Makefile b/drivers/hv/Makefile index
> > 94daf82..a322575 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hv/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/hv/Makefile
> > @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
> > obj-$(CONFIG_HYPERV) += hv_vmbus.o
> > obj-$(CONFIG_HYPERV_UTILS) += hv_utils.o
> > obj-$(CONFIG_HYPERV_BALLOON) += hv_balloon.o
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_HYPERV_AZURE_BLOB) += azure_blob.o
>
> Your naming scheme is different from the other hv modules, why?
>
> >
> > CFLAGS_hv_trace.o = -I$(src)
> > CFLAGS_hv_balloon.o = -I$(src)
> > diff --git a/drivers/hv/azure_blob.c b/drivers/hv/azure_blob.c new
> > file mode 100644 index 0000000..5367d5e
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/hv/azure_blob.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,625 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only WITH
> > +Linux-syscall-note
>
> .c files can NOT have the syscall note license, as that makes no sense at all.
>
> I'm stopping here. Please go run this through your legal department and get
> them to sign off on this as it does not seem that you all understand the issues
> when it comes to licenses and the Linux kernel at all. I want to see a lawyer
> sign off on this patch next time if you all want to attempt something crazy like
> this.
>
> > +/* Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. */
>
> You forgot a date, your lawyers will be signing you up for some education
> classes now, have fun!
>
> gre gk-h
I will address your comments on licensing.
Long