[dm-devel] [git pull] device mapper fix for 4.18-rc6

Linus Torvalds torvalds at linux-foundation.org
Fri Jul 20 21:25:56 UTC 2018


On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 12:14 PM Mike Snitzer <snitzer at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>   Fix DM writecache target to allow an optional offset to the start of
>   the data and metadata area.  This allows userspace tools (e.g. LVM2)
>   to place a header and metadata at the front of the writecache device
>   for its use.

"fix"?

Not really.

But I'm a softie, and I took it. Don't do it again.

              Linus




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