From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753107AbXCWOgJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:36:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753109AbXCWOgI (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:36:08 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:38142 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753107AbXCWOgH (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:36:07 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:36:05 +0000 From: Al Viro To: Eric Dumazet Cc: Tomas M , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] [bugfix] loop.c Message-ID: <20070323143605.GA4095@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <4603DE86.1090009@slax.org> <20070323151956.1ac6a47b.dada1@cosmosbay.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070323151956.1ac6a47b.dada1@cosmosbay.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 03:19:56PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:04:54 +0100 > Tomas M wrote: > > > I posted this yesterday but it seems people didn't understand the real > > goal of my patch. So I will explain once more again: > > > > This is a bugfix for loop.c block driver, as it currently allocates more > > memory then it needs, without any further use. > > Well... changing the Changelog wont help I'm afraid. > > I cooked the following patch (untested), feel free to test it. Please, get the cleanup into saner shape. This is too ugly.