[RFC PATCH] nvmet: Back namespace with files

[J Freyensee]

On Mon, 2017-03-13 at 17:33 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:11:28PM -0400, Keith Busch wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, the RFC was light on details, and I'm probably getting ahead of
> > myself with the file-as-a-namespaces suggestion.
> 
> No, it's a good idea.  The big question is what we win with explicit
> support in nvmet over just using the loop device.  I actually hacked
> up support earlier and it didn't show any performance advantage.
> That being said we now have the ITER_BVEC type and proper support
> for in-kernel aio, so the code might become simple enough to just take
> it.

If it's easier to setup and maintain and use that could suffice for a lack of
performance advantage.

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