On 8/27/21 10:46 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > 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. I don't disagree with that, but that's not a new situation. Hence my question on why there's this sudden mad rush to get it queued up for removal, literally a few days before a kernel release. -- Jens Axboe
