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In a combined storage and filesystem session at the 2022 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-management and BPF Summit (LSFMM), Luis Chamberlain and James Bottomley led a discussion about the use of ioctl() as a mechanism for configuration. There are plenty of downsides to the use of ioctl() commands, and alternatives exist, but in general kernel developers have chosen to continue using this multiplexing system call. While there is interest in changing things, at least in some quarters, the discussion did not seem to indicate major changes on the horizon. ...