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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 02:06:09 -0800 From: Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com> To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@...cle.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, "Maxim V. Patlasov" <mpatlasov@...allels.com>, linux-aio@...ck.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] direct IO support for loop driver On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 01:58:37AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 01:19:33PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I really don't see the point of all this crap. All this for the loop > > driver? If so, it had better at least be prettier than it is. > > It's for anyone trying to to direct I/O from kernel space. I have > patches that speed up ecryptfs and allow sane operation for the file > backed scsi target based on this that have been collecting dust for a > while. Can you post those patches somewhere? If that's the end goal of this patch series, we should be able to look at them too. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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