linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] loop: Pass logical blocksize in 'lo

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Date:   Tue, 1 Nov 2016 15:02:08 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.com>, Ming@...e.de,
        "Lei <tom.leiming"@gmail.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] loop: Pass logical blocksize in 'lo_init[0]' ioctl
        field

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 08:37:19PM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> The current LOOP_SET_STATUS64 ioctl has two unused fields
> 'init[2]', which can be used in conjunction with the
> LO_FLAGS_BLOCKSIZE flag to pass in the new logical blocksize.

Can we give them sane field names while at it?  Also I see now reason
not to merge this with the previous two patches.