Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:07:59 +0100 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: report bug: System reboots when accessing a loop-device over a second loop-device with 2.4.2-ac7 |
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On Fri, Mar 02 2001, Mario Hermann wrote: > > > I tried the following commands with 2.4.2-ac7: > > > > > > losetup /dev/loop0 test.dat > > > losetup /dev/loop1 /dev/loop0 > > > mke2fs /dev/loop1 > > > > > > My System reboots immediatly. I tried it with 2.4.2-ac4,ac5 too -> same > > > effect. > > > > > > With 2.4.2 it hangs immediatly. > > > > This should make it work again. > > There is another small bug with the loop over loop problem. Now it works > fine for > files but not for Devices: > > losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/sr1 > losetup /dev/loop1 /dev/loop0 > dd if=/dev/loop1 of=test.dat bs=2048 count=1024 > > Makes dd hang. (BTW: /dev/sr1 is a CD-ROM) > > Tried the same on /dev/hda1, /dev/sda1 with 2.4.2-ac7-your_patch and > with 2.4.2-ac8.
I must admit that I haven't tried loop-over-loop at all really, I'll make a note to look at this tonight.
> BTW: Did extensiv testing with and without the crypto patches. And all > other tests worked fine! :-)
Great.
-- Jens Axboe
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