I don't care about loop in particular, but this is important for any in-kernel block device emulation using files, including the SCSI target and a possible vhost-{block,scsi} implementation. It's also the right way to implement swapping, instead of the braindead swap over nfs proposals floating around currently. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html