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On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 06:44:32PM +0200, Milan Broz wrote:
> Yes, I know that removal is far disturbing thing here, if it
> can be planned for removal later, I think it is the best thing to do...
> 
> And I would like to know actually if there are existing users
> (and how and why they are using this interface - it cannot be configured
> through losetup for years IIRC).

We could just try to drop it entirely and see if anyone screams.  You
are probably right that no one will.