[dm-devel] an optimization for dm-bufio and dm-integrity

[Mike Snitzer]

On Wed, Jul 19 2017 at 11:30P -0400,
Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi Mike
> 
> Some times ago, I sent this patch as dm-bufio optimization (it doesn't 
> have to write full buffers, it only writes a part of the buffer that 
> changed). You delayed the patch until the next kernel.
> 
> Will you submit the patch to the current kernel?

Sorry about that.  It obviously fell off my radar.

I'll review it and see if I can make the justification for it going into
4.13-rc2.  But unfortunately the 4.13 merge window closed this past
Sunday when Linus released v4.13-rc1

I'll let you know though, thanks.
Mike