linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the tree

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Message-ID: <20131108074445.GA11595@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 7 Nov 2013 23:44:45 -0800
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>
Cc:	Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@...cle.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Zach Brown <zab@...bo.net>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the  tree

On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 11:39:59PM -0800, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 11:33:24PM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > The changes for direct I/O from kernel space have been in for a long
> > time, and they are blocking multiple consumers of the interface from
> > getting submitted for about a year now.  Even if the guts of the
> > direct-io code will get a write based on another patchset from Kent
> > that will go on top of the immutable iovec changes we need the
> > interfaces now and not another year down the road.
> 
> What else is blocked on this patch series? Honest question.


>From me alone:
  Support for ecryptfs to not double cache.
  AIO support for target_core_file.

To replace code in staging:
  Removal of the lustre-specific loop driver.

And I remember others claiming to want to submit bits, too.
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