Re: [PATCH for-5.14] cryptoloop: add a deprecation warning

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On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 10:43:53AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 8/27/21 10:43 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 10:42:59AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> >> But what's the point? Why not just wait for 5.15, it's not like we're
> >> in a mad dash to get it removed.
> > 
> > Actually we kinda are :)
> 
> Because?

It causes trouble by interacting with the actual loop driver people
use in really weird ways, while beeing broken and not actually supported
by userspace tools for about a decade.



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