Le samedi 02 février 2008 à 12:23 +0100, Pavel Machek a écrit : > On Fri 2008-02-01 14:25:32, Laurent Vivier wrote: > > This patch allows Network Block Device to be mounted locally. > > What is local nbd good for? Use loop instead...
It allows to write userlevel block device. In my case, I can mount disk image of Qemu (qcow2, vmdk, ...). > > It creates a kthread to avoid the deadlock described in NBD tools > > documentation. > > So, if nbd-client hangs waiting pages, the kblockd thread can continue its > > work and free pages. > > Hmm, and if there are no other pages that can be freed? Unlikely, but > can happen AFAICT. 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 ;-) Laurent -- ----------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------ "La perfection est atteinte non quand il ne reste rien à ajouter mais quand il ne reste rien à enlever." Saint Exupéry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Nbd-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nbd-general
