Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756869AbcKCOET (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Nov 2016 10:04:19 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:56602 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752877AbcKCOES (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Nov 2016 10:04:18 -0400 From: Hannes Reinecke To: Jens Axboe Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Alexander Graf , Ming Lei , Martin Schwidefsky , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Hannes Reinecke Subject: [PATCHv4 0/2] loop: enable different logical blocksizes Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 15:04:04 +0100 Message-Id: <1478181846-88863-1-git-send-email-hare@suse.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.5.6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1100 Lines: 33 Currently the loop driver just simulates 512-byte blocks. When creating bootable images for virtual machines it might be required to use a different physical blocksize (eg 4k for S/390 DASD), as the some bootloaders (like lilo or zipl for S/390) need to know the physical block addresses of the kernel and initrd. With this patchset the loop driver will export the logical and physical blocksize and the current LOOP_SET_STATUS64 ioctl is extended to set the logical blocksize by re-using the existing 'init' fields, which are currently unused. As usual, comments and reviews are welcome. Changes to v1: - Move LO_FLAGS_BLOCKSIZE definition - Reshuffle patches Changes to v2: - Include reviews from Ming Lei Changes to v3: - Include reviews from Christoph - Merge patches Hannes Reinecke (2): loop: Remove unused 'bdev' argument from loop_set_capacity loop: support 4k physical blocksize drivers/block/loop.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- drivers/block/loop.h | 1 + include/uapi/linux/loop.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) -- 2.6.6