From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
To: Boaz Harrosh <openosd@gmail.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>,
linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFD] brd.ko Never supported partitions should we remove the dead code ?
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:56:03 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140729165603.GN6754@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53D7CDDD.1000302@gmail.com>
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 07:37:49PM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> But before we are running to fix this bug. Could we please do better and just remove the support for partitions
> all together.
> Since it *never* worked anyway, so probably no one needs it! Surly no one used it
I fixed this in patch 4/22 of the v8 series. The correct place to
handle partitioning is in the block layer, not the individual drivers
(nor the filesystems).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-29 16:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-29 16:37 [RFD] brd.ko Never supported partitions should we remove the dead code ? Boaz Harrosh
2014-07-29 16:56 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2014-07-29 17:13 ` Boaz Harrosh
2014-07-29 17:19 ` Ross Zwisler
2014-07-30 11:11 ` Boaz Harrosh
2014-07-30 14:15 ` [PATCH 1/2] brd: Fix the partitions BUG Boaz Harrosh
2014-07-30 14:18 ` [PATCH 2/2] brd: Fix brd_direct_access with partitions Boaz Harrosh
2014-07-30 15:34 ` Matthew Wilcox
2014-07-30 15:37 ` Boaz Harrosh
2014-07-30 16:50 ` [PATCH 1/2] brd: Fix the partitions BUG Ross Zwisler
2014-07-30 18:37 ` Boaz Harrosh
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