>> Unfortunately I don't have access to all the applications so I can come >> up with >> quantitative data, I can try synthetic applications such as fio. >> >> This patch is more on the side of allowing user to change the qd value >> so they can >> experiment, making loop qd flexible like other block drivers which loop >> lacks right now. > Kernel module parameters are inflexible. If there is agreement that this > parameter should become configurable it probably should be made > configurable per loop device instead of introducing a single global > parameter. Agree, but it is still better than having a statically assigned value in the code. I'll drop this in the V2 version, meanwhile it will be great to have your review comments on the rest of the series.
