Re: max_loop limit

Al Viro
2007-03-22T14:33:30Z

On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 02:42:31PM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote:
> But this still wastes memory, why not just allocate each loop device
> dynamically when it is set up? The current approach is crap, it is just
> wasting memory for loop devices, queues, etc.

Correction: current ABI is crap. To set the thing up you need to open
it and issue an ioctl. Which is a bloody bad idea, for obvious reasons...