From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161104AbWFVNwU (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:52:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161108AbWFVNwU (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:52:20 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:5051 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161104AbWFVNwT (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:52:19 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:51:17 +0100 From: Alasdair G Kergon To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/15] dm: add exports Message-ID: <20060622135117.GS19222@agk.surrey.redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Alasdair G Kergon , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060621193657.GA4521@agk.surrey.redhat.com> <20060621210504.b1f387bd.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060621210504.b1f387bd.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 09:05:04PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Twenty new exports. What are they all for? The exports correspond to the functionality available to userspace through the existing ioctl interface. Currently, we only offer an ioctl interface for device-mapper and this is unsuitable for any future in-kernel users wishing to make use of device-mapper facilities. Alasdair -- agk@redhat.com