linux-kernel - Re: [patch] [bugfix] loop.c

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Date:	Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:49:12 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Tomas M <tomas@...x.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] [bugfix] loop.c

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 02:41:09PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> The right thing to start with is to split the allocation up, and allocate
> each loop device by itself, like in the untested patch below:
> 
> After that you're not wasting memory for any off number of loop devices
> and can create as many as you have device numbers available:

NAK.  You _can't_ bail out in init after add_disk().  It might have been
opened already.
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