Re: [Nbd] [PATCH 0/3] NBD fixes for caching and block device flags
- To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...696...>
- Cc: nbd-general@...72..., Paul Clements <Paul.Clements@...124...>, linux-kernel@...25...
- Subject: Re: [Nbd] [PATCH 0/3] NBD fixes for caching and block device flags
- From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...133...>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:43:49 -0800
- Message-id: <20130212134349.579be89a.akpm@...133...>
- In-reply-to: <1360685171-3792-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@...696...>
- References: <1360685171-3792-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@...696...>
On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:06:08 +0100
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...696...> 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.
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