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SubjectRe: userspace block driver?


On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote:

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> Has anybody put any thought towards how a userspace block driver would work?
>
> Consider a block device implemented via an SSL network connection. I don't
> want to put SSL in the kernel, which means the only other alternative is to
> pass data to/from a userspace daemon.

I am afraid this is impossible without some heavy infrastructure work.
You will almost inevitably deadlock. Yes, you can mlock() your driver, but
that still will not tell the kernel that GFP_KERNEL must be replaced with
GFP_NOIO if it is triggered by syscalls you are doing.

Regards
Oliver

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