On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 01:43:49PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:06:08 +0100 > Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The first two patches improve the behavior of NBD with respect to the host > > cache---respectively the server's cache and the client's. The first adds > > support for flushing the backing storage, so that NBD is safe against > > power losses. The second properly syncs and cleans the client's page > > cache when an NBD device is disconnected from the server. > > > > The third reports read-only devices properly in sysfs. > > > > Ok for 3.9? I saw the last NBD patches were applied by Andrew Morton, > > so I'm CCing him; Paul, please ack them if they are okay. > > I grabbed these and will await Paul's feedback, and a bit more > changelog detail for [1/3], please.
While we're at it, I'd like to see some updates to the horribly outdated Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt, and to see this list (nbd-general) linked to from the MAINTAINERS file. I'll send a proposed patch shortly. -- Copyshops should do vouchers. So that next time some bureaucracy requires you to mail a form in triplicate, you can mail it just once, add a voucher, and save on postage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Nbd-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nbd-general
