Re: [PATCH] loop.c patches, take two

[Andi Kleen]

Christophe Saout <christophe@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> Am So, den 21.12.2003 schrieb Mika Penttilä um 21:49:
>
>> Yet another Big Loop Patch... :)
>> 
>> It's not obvious which parts are bug fixes, and which performance 
>> improvements. What exactly breaks loops on journalling filesystems, and 
>> how do you solve it?
>
> What about dropping block device backed support for the loop driver
> altogether? We now have a nice device mapper in the 2.6 kernel. I don't

Device Mapper doesn't support cryptographic transformations.

-Andi
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