From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Jeff Moyer Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Support DAX for device-mapper dm-linear devices References: <1465856497-19698-1-git-send-email-toshi.kani@hpe.com> <1465861755.3504.185.camel@hpe.com> <20160614154131.GB25876@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:19:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20160614154131.GB25876@redhat.com> (Mike Snitzer's message of "Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:41:31 -0400") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Errors-To: linux-nvdimm-bounces@lists.01.org Sender: "Linux-nvdimm" To: Mike Snitzer Cc: "axboe@kernel.dk" , "linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-raid@vger.kernel.org" , "dm-devel@redhat.com" , "viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk" , "agk@redhat.com" List-ID: TWlrZSBTbml0emVyIDxzbml0emVyQHJlZGhhdC5jb20+IHdyaXRlczoKCj4gT24gVHVlLCBKdW4g 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