Re: max_loop limit

From: Al Viro
Date: Thu Mar 22 2007 - 10:33:49 EST


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...
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