On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 05:31:43PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote: > Now the dm-crypt code only implemented the 'based-bio' method to encrypt/ > decrypt block data, which can only hanle one bio at one time. As we know, > one bio must use the sequential physical address and it also has a limitation > of length. Thus it may limit the big block encyrtion/decryption when some > hardware support the big block data encryption. > > This patch series introduc the 'based-request' method to handle the data > encryption/decryption. One request can contain multiple bios, so it can > handle big block data to improve the efficiency.
NAK for more request based stacking or DM drivers. They are a major pain to deal with, and adding more with different requirements then dm-multipath is not helping in actually making that one work properly. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
