From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
To: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
Cc: "axboe@kernel.dk" <axboe@kernel.dk>,
"xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>,
Li Dongyang <lidongyang@novell.com>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"JBeulich@suse.com" <JBeulich@suse.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/blkback: Squash the discard support for 'file' and 'phy' type.
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:23:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120314202352.GC6251@phenom.dumpdata.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1331714035.4092.4.camel@dagon.hellion.org.uk>
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 08:33:55AM +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-03-13 at 22:52 +0000, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > The only reason for the distinction was for the special case of
> > 'file' (which is assumed to be loopback device)
>
> Not related to this patch but how feasible would it be to make blkback
> able to cope with files directly?
Intersting thought. I am not sure... but an interesting thought. Would you
have Daniel's private email? We could email him for thoughts.
>
> Ian.
>
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-13 22:52 [PATCH] xen/blkback: Squash the discard support for 'file' and 'phy' type Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-03-14 8:33 ` [Xen-devel] " Ian Campbell
2012-03-14 20:23 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [this message]
2012-03-15 7:43 ` Ian Campbell
2012-03-14 9:48 ` Jan Beulich
2012-03-14 16:03 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
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