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    SubjectRe: bug in 2.6.22-rc2: loop mount limited to one single iso image
    On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 01:10:38AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
    > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 09:11:02AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
    > >
    > >
    > > On Sun, 20 May 2007, Kay Sievers wrote:
    > > >
    > > > Right, providing "preallocated" devices, 8 or the number given in
    > > > max_loop, sounds like the best option until the tools can handle that.
    > >
    > > Yes. Can somebody who actually _uses_ loop send a tested patch, please?
    >
    > FWIW, I do and I have tested it; what I did *not* do is using a testbox
    > with dynamic /dev for testing. Mea culpa...
    >
    > AFAICS, patch that went to akpm (preallocate max_loop instances) is OK.

    ... except that it needs to do cleanup on failure in loop_init().
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