Re: [PATCH] loop 6/9 remove LO_FLAGS_BH_REMAP

[Jens Axboe]

On Tue, Jun 10 2003, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> Jonah Sherman <[e-mail]> pointed out back in February how
> LO_FLAGS_BH_REMAP is never actually set, since loop_init_xfer only calls
> the init for non-0 encryption type.  Fix that or scrap it?  Let's scrap
> it for now, that path (hacking values in bio instead of copying data)
> seems never to have been tested, and adds to the number of paths through
> loop: leave that optimization to some other occasion.

I agree with scrapping it, it's only really interesting for non-transfer
block direct remaps which can be done with dm or similar.

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Jens Axboe