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From: Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, akpm@digeo.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cryptoloop
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 20:29:49 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F04680D.B9703696@pp.inet.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20030703082034.5643b336.akpm@osdl.org

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi> wrote:
> > Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> > > Changing that would kill all existing modules that use the loop device.
> > >
> > > Maybe nobody cares. Then we can do so in a subsequent patch.
> >
> > I care. Please don't break the transfer function prototype.
> 
> Why?

Because loop-AES attempts to be compatible with structures in loop.h by not
modifying loop.h at all. This is what the "no kernel sources patched or
replaced" means. Breakage in loop.h breaks loop-AES, and I have to clean the
mess.

Regards,
Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>


  reply	other threads:[~2003-07-03 17:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-02 18:44 [PATCH] cryptoloop Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-02 19:02 ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-02 19:16   ` Linus Torvalds
2003-07-02 19:20     ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-02 19:31       ` Linus Torvalds
2003-07-03 11:21 ` Jari Ruusu
2003-07-03 15:20   ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-03 17:29     ` Jari Ruusu [this message]
2003-07-03 17:38       ` Chris Friesen
2003-07-04  7:43         ` Jari Ruusu
2003-07-04  8:44           ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-04  9:41           ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-05  8:41             ` Jari Ruusu
2003-07-05  8:58               ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-05  9:00                 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-05  9:10               ` Andre Hedrick
2003-07-05 17:16               ` James Morris
2003-07-05 17:20               ` Linus Torvalds
2003-07-08 12:43               ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-04  9:39       ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-03 16:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-07-04 13:21 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-04 13:28 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-04 11:08 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-04 12:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-03 16:25 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-03 16:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-02 22:57 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-02 22:27 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-02 21:00 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-02 21:06 ` Greg KH
2003-07-02 21:31 ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-03 16:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2003-07-02 19:42 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-02 19:58 ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-02 15:21 Andries.Brouwer
2003-07-02 17:16 ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-03 15:44 ` Christoph Hellwig

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