Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935437AbYBBUyd (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Feb 2008 15:54:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932068AbYBBUyZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Feb 2008 15:54:25 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:58762 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763769AbYBBUyY (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Feb 2008 15:54:24 -0500 Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:54:43 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Laurent Vivier Cc: Paul.Clements@steeleye.com, nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow NBD to be used locally Message-ID: <20080202205443.GD31621@elf.ucw.cz> References: <1201872332265-git-send-email-Laurent.Vivier@bull.net> <20080202112336.GB5362@elf.ucw.cz> <1201965971.4591.13.camel@frecb07144> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1201965971.4591.13.camel@frecb07144> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 754 Lines: 22 Hi! > > > This patch allows Network Block Device to be mounted locally. ... > Correct. The patch improves the NBD behavior even if it is not perfect. > And I think if no other page can be freed your system is in very bad > move ;-) So the description should be "This patch lowers probability of deadlock if you mount Network Block Device locally" Hmm. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- 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/