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Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH]: Support dynamic resizing of vbds

To: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH]: Support dynamic resizing of vbds
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:37:51 -0700
Cc: Ky Srinivasan <ksrinivasan@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On 07/20/2010 10:28 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 02:01:20PM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>   
>> On 03/18/2010 01:28 PM, Ky Srinivasan wrote:
>>     
>>> The attached patch supports dynamic resizing of vbds. This patch fixes a 
>>> bug in the previous version of this patch that was sent out. With this 
>>> patch you can perform "online" resizing of  file systems that support 
>>> online resizing.
>>>    
>>>       
>> Please send a delta against the previous patch, since it has already  
>> been applied.
>>
>>     
> Btw dynamic vbd resize is something we should get into mainline Linux..
>   

Good point.  I created a branch called "upstream/blkfront" with a
candidate set of blkfront changes to send.  Could you test it out?

Thanks,
    J

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