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SubjectRe: lingering loopback bugs?
On Sat, Mar 03 2001, agrawal@ais.org wrote:
>
> I have an encrypted filesystem mounted over loopback that I created under
> a 2.2.16 kernel. (Using AES, 128 bit key.) Works fine in 2.2.16. Sort of
> works under the unpatched 2.4 series. (Mounts okay, but hangs the system
> on random blocks.)
>
> Under various 2.4 kernels with Jens' patched, the filesystem fails to
> mount. I've tried 2.4.2-loop6, 2.4.2-ac6, and 2.4.2-ac8. All give the same
> result.

Look for the patch I posted yesterday (hint: just remove these two
lines from loop_end_io_transfer)

if (atomic_dec_and_test(&lo->lo_pending))
up(&lo->lo_bh_mutex);

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Jens Axboe

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