Re: [PATCH 0/4] loop: enable different physical blocksizes

[Ming Lei]

On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 3:27 AM, Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Currently the loop driver just simulates 512-byte blocks. When
> creating images for virtual machines it might be required to use
> a different physical blocksize (eg 4k for S/390 DASD).

Looks 'qemu-img create' doesn't have parameter of block size,
so could you share your use case? And I am just curious why
512-byte can't work for this case.

> This patchset extends the current LOOP_SET_STATUS64 ioctl to
> set the logical and physical blocksize by re-using the existing
> 'init' fields, which are currently unused.
>
> As usual, comments and reviews are welcome.
>
> Hannes Reinecke (4):
>   loop: Enable correct physical blocksize
>   loop: Remove unused 'bdev' argument from loop_set_capacity
>   loop: Add 'lo_logical_blocksize'
>   loop: Pass logical blocksize in 'lo_init[0]' ioctl field
>
>  drivers/block/loop.c      | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  drivers/block/loop.h      |  1 +
>  include/uapi/linux/loop.h |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
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