Re: [PATCH] remove useless highmem bounce from loop/cryptoloop

[Jens Axboe]

On Fri, Oct 31 2003, Jari Ruusu wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Jari Ruusu <jariruusu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Cryptoapi interface is quite broken. Your change extends that breakage to
> > > loop transfer interface. Please don't do that.
> > 
> > Please describe this breakage.
> 
> It is broken because it includes kmaps. kmaps may be required evil thing
> that is currectly required, but in long term kmaps deserve fate of DOS EMS.
> Less interfaces that include that damage, the better. Please don't include
> that damage in loop transfer interface.

Bouncing is better?! Get real.

An interface based on page,len,offset is so much better than a virtual
address. It works equally well on sane archs as insane ones.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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