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* [PATCHv5 0/2] loop: enable different logical blocksizes
@ 2017-02-10  8:43 Hannes Reinecke
  2017-02-10  8:43 ` [PATCHv5 1/2] loop: Remove unused 'bdev' argument from loop_set_capacity Hannes Reinecke
  2017-02-10  8:43 ` [PATCHv5 2/2] loop: support 4k physical blocksize Hannes Reinecke
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Hannes Reinecke @ 2017-02-10  8:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jens Axboe
  Cc: Christoph Hellwig, Ming Lei, Martin Schwidefsky, linux-block,
	Linux Kernel Mailinglist, Hannes Reinecke

Currently the loop driver just simulates 512-byte blocks. When
creating bootable images for virtual machines it might be required
to use a different physical blocksize (eg 4k for S/390 DASD), as
the some bootloaders (like lilo or zipl for S/390) need to know
the physical block addresses of the kernel and initrd.

With this patchset the loop driver will export the logical and
physical blocksize and the current LOOP_SET_STATUS64 ioctl is
extended to set the logical blocksize by re-using the existing
'init' fields, which are currently unused.

As usual, comments and reviews are welcome.

Changes to v1:
- Move LO_FLAGS_BLOCKSIZE definition
- Reshuffle patches
Changes to v2:
- Include reviews from Ming Lei
Changes to v3:
- Include reviews from Christoph
- Merge patches
Changes to v4:
- Add LO_INFO_BLOCKSIZE definition

Hannes Reinecke (2):
  loop: Remove unused 'bdev' argument from loop_set_capacity
  loop: support 4k physical blocksize

 drivers/block/loop.c      | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 drivers/block/loop.h      |  1 +
 include/uapi/linux/loop.h |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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1.8.5.6

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