Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762768AbXEURKB (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 13:10:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756660AbXEURJx (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 13:09:53 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:56510 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756684AbXEURJx (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 May 2007 13:09:53 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 10:04:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Ken Chen cc: Kay Sievers , Ray Lee , Al Viro , Andrey Borzenkov , Uwe Bugla , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Michal Piotrowski Subject: Re: bug in 2.6.22-rc2: loop mount limited to one single iso image In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <464F42F3.1080300@madrabbit.org> <200705200845.43621.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <2c0942db0705192316s2682807chd23df6f4de29edcb@mail.gmail.com> <20070520062816.GA4095@ftp.linux.org.uk> <2c0942db0705200822j685ec3b2x399a080622b6fc05@mail.gmail.com> <3ae72650705200854x6a2c829fueff3652653fc21da@mail.gmail.com> <2c0942db0705200910t777214efud489f4bc94433bf5@mail.gmail.com> <1179677799.3311.5.camel@lov.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 769 Lines: 23 On Mon, 21 May 2007, Ken Chen wrote: > > So I propose we do the following: > > 1. have the module honor "max_loop" parameter and create that many > device upfront on module load (max_loop will also be a hard max) iff > user specify the parameter. > 2. if max_loop is not specified, default create 8 loop device. User > can extent more loop device by create device node themselves and have > kernel automatically instantiate loop device on-demand. > > Is this acceptable? Patch in a bit. That sounds perfect. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/