From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964870Ab3BMRnE (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:43:04 -0500 Received: from barbershop.grep.be ([89.106.240.122]:42231 "EHLO barbershop.grep.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934504Ab3BMRnC (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:43:02 -0500 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:14:40 +0100 From: Wouter Verhelst To: Andrew Morton Cc: Paolo Bonzini , nbd-general@lists.sf.net, Paul Clements , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Nbd] [PATCH 0/3] NBD fixes for caching and block device flags Message-ID: <20130213171440.GA32217@grep.be> References: <1360685171-3792-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> <20130212134349.579be89a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130212134349.579be89a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> X-Speed: Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves. Organization: none User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 01:43:49PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:06:08 +0100 > Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > The first two patches improve the behavior of NBD with respect to the host > > cache---respectively the server's cache and the client's. The first adds > > support for flushing the backing storage, so that NBD is safe against > > power losses. The second properly syncs and cleans the client's page > > cache when an NBD device is disconnected from the server. > > > > The third reports read-only devices properly in sysfs. > > > > Ok for 3.9? I saw the last NBD patches were applied by Andrew Morton, > > so I'm CCing him; Paul, please ack them if they are okay. > > I grabbed these and will await Paul's feedback, and a bit more > changelog detail for [1/3], please. While we're at it, I'd like to see some updates to the horribly outdated Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt, and to see this list (nbd-general) linked to from the MAINTAINERS file. I'll send a proposed patch shortly. -- Copyshops should do vouchers. So that next time some bureaucracy requires you to mail a form in triplicate, you can mail it just once, add a voucher, and save on postage.