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

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Message-ID: <c961affe-3b77-8ecb-e3ec-44955f5d3729@suse.de>
Date:   Tue, 1 Nov 2016 17:58:19 +0100
From:   Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.com>,
        Ming@...e.de, "\"Lei" <"tom.leiming\""@gmail.co>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] loop: Pass logical blocksize in 'lo_init[0]' ioctl
 field

On 11/01/2016 03:02 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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.
>
Sure I can rename it.
As for merging, I don't really care.

So for the next round I'll be merging them all together.

Cheers,

Hannes
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