Re: [PATCH] the dm-loop target

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On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 12:18:04PM +0100, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> I'm not trying to break existing loop.

You are f***cking breaking file system semantics.  Stop it now.

> The Android people concluded that loop is too slow and rather than using 
> loop they want to map a file using a table with dm-linear targets over the 
> image of the host filesystem. So, they are already doing what dm-loop is 
> doing.

I've never seen bug reports from " The Android people".  But maybe they
just need to stop pointlessly using loop devices?





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