linux-kernel - Re: ublk-nbd: ublk-nbd is avaialbe

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Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:04:41 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Cc:     io-uring@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nbd@...er.debian.org
Subject: Re: ublk-nbd: ublk-nbd is avaialbe

Hi!

> ublk-nbd[1] is available now.
> 
> Basically it is one nbd client, but totally implemented in userspace,
> and wrt. current nbd-client in [2], the transmission phase is done
> by linux block nbd driver.

There is reason nbd-client needs to be in kernel, and the reason is
deadlocks during low memory situations.

Best regards,
								Pavel
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