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From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...>
To: <linux-kernel@...>, <chris.mason@...>, <linux-fsdevel@...>, Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@...>, Bryn M. Reeves <breeves@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop
Date: Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 4:31 am

On Wed, Jan 09 2008, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:

Why oh why does dm always insist to reinvent everything? That's bad
enough in itself, but on top of that most of the extra stuff ends up
being essentially unmaintained.

If we instead improve loop, everyone wins.

Sorry to sound a bit harsh, but sometimes it doesn't hurt to think a bit
outside your own sandbox.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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[PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Wed Jan 9, 4:52 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Chris Mason, (Mon Jan 14, 1:10 pm)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Mon Jan 14, 1:54 pm)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Tue Jan 15, 5:25 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Tue Jan 15, 5:36 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Tue Jan 15, 6:07 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Chris Mason, (Tue Jan 15, 10:04 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Daniel Phillips, (Fri Jan 11, 2:17 pm)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Fri Jan 11, 2:23 pm)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Andi Kleen, (Wed Jan 9, 11:34 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Thu Jan 10, 4:43 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Bill Davidsen, (Thu Jan 10, 9:25 pm)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Nick Piggin, (Wed Jan 9, 9:42 pm)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Christoph Hellwig, (Thu Jan 10, 4:37 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Thu Jan 10, 4:44 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Christoph Hellwig, (Thu Jan 10, 4:54 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Thu Jan 10, 5:01 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Chris Mason, (Thu Jan 10, 8:53 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Thu Jan 10, 9:03 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Chris Mason, (Thu Jan 10, 9:46 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Peter Zijlstra, (Thu Jan 10, 5:37 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Thu Jan 10, 5:49 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Peter Zijlstra, (Thu Jan 10, 5:52 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Thu Jan 10, 6:02 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Peter Zijlstra, (Thu Jan 10, 6:20 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Thu Jan 10, 4:34 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Alasdair G Kergon, (Wed Jan 9, 7:16 pm)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Thu Jan 10, 4:31 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Thu Jan 10, 4:42 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Mikulas Patocka, (Fri Jan 11, 3:39 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Fri Jan 11, 3:58 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Chris Mason, (Thu Jan 10, 8:47 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Thu Jan 10, 8:57 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Christoph Hellwig, (Wed Jan 9, 5:31 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Jens Axboe, (Wed Jan 9, 5:43 am)
Re: [PATCH][RFC] fast file mapping for loop, Chris Mason, (Wed Jan 9, 7:00 am)