On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 09:11:02AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Sun, 20 May 2007, Kay Sievers wrote: > > > > Right, providing "preallocated" devices, 8 or the number given in > > max_loop, sounds like the best option until the tools can handle that. > > Yes. Can somebody who actually _uses_ loop send a tested patch, please? FWIW, I do and I have tested it; what I did *not* do is using a testbox with dynamic /dev for testing. Mea culpa... AFAICS, patch that went to akpm (preallocate max_loop instances) is OK. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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