linux-kernel - Re: loop device auto release patch

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Date:	Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:13:35 +0000
From:	Ayan George <ayan@...n.net>
To:	psusi@....rr.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: loop device auto release patch

Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com> wrote:
> On 07/15/2011 03:19 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > The patch appears to do two unrelated things.  That's generally frowned
> > upon, but doesn't bother me much if the patch is small.
> > 
> > Still, splitting it into two patches (in which the bugfix is staged
> > first) would be advantageous for people who might wish to backport the
> > fix into earlier kernels.
>
> It looks like this got stalled and someone emailed me asking what
> happened to it.  I'm not sure that splitting the patch in two makes
> sense.  I don't see how it does two unrelated things. 

I agree -- I can't think of a meaningful way to split it up. I am
stalled in testing it however.

I watched the values of lo->lo_device and bdev using systemtap and
noticed cases where they could be out of sync which *might* make
this patch invalid.  I'd like a little more time to investigate.

-ayan

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