Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:37:51 +0100 (CET) | From | Martin Josefsson <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.2-pre2(&3) loopback fs hang |
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Ville Herva wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 01:54:46AM -0800, you [Colonel] claimed: > > > > >mount -o loop=/dev/loop1 net.i /var/mnt/image/ > > > > ends up in an uninterruptable sleep state (system cannot umount / > > during shutdown). > > > > How do I track this down? > > This is becoming a FAQ. > > Go to > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/axboe/patches > > and get the newest Jens Axboe's loopback fs patch (seems to be > 2.4.1-pre10/loop-3.bz2 atm, though I thought Jens was going to release > loop-4 sortly.) > > See if the problem goes away with it. > > I'm not sure if Alan has any plans to merge this to ac-series. It would > appear a worthy candidate...
2.4.2-pre1/loop-4.bz2 is the newest one, but I think I saw that there's still a bug in it which can hang the kernel. I think he said that he was going to release loop-5 soon.
/Martin
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