linux-kernel - Re: [Nbd] [PATCH 0/5] nbd improvements

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Date:   Fri, 9 Sep 2016 22:08:16 +0200
From:   Wouter Verhelst <w@...r.be>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
Cc:     Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com,
        mpa@...gutronix.de, nbd-general@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nbd] [PATCH 0/5] nbd improvements

Hi Jens,

On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 02:13:46PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Not only are these nice performance improvements, it also cleans up the
> code a lot and kills crufty old driver code in favor of using the proper
> APIs instead. I have applied the series for 4.9.

Please ensure that the comments I made in my other mail are addressed
before you push this to Linus; otherwise this will result in significant
problems for userspace (that it would then be my responsibility to deal
with).

Thanks,

-- 
< ron> I mean, the main *practical* problem with C++, is there's like a dozen
       people in the world who think they really understand all of its rules,
       and pretty much all of them are just lying to themselves too.
 -- #debian-devel, OFTC, 2016-02-12