linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] loop: Make explicit loop device destruction lazy

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Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:38:44 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] loop: Make explicit loop device destruction lazy

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:41:50AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:

 > > Turns out that blkid is running simultaneously with losetup -d, and
 > > so it sees an elevated reference count and returns EBUSY.  But why
 > > is blkid running? It's obvious, isn't it? udev has decided to try
 > > and find out what is on the block device as a result of a creation
 > > notification. And it is racing with mkfs, so might still be scanning
 > > the device when mkfs finishes and we try to tear it down.
 > > 
 > I hear that %^#@#! blkid behavior, it is such a pain in the neck. I
 > don't know how many times I've had to explain that behaviour to people
 > who run write testing with tracing, wonder wtf there are reads in the
 > trace.
 
Could this problem explain this bug too ? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853674

	Dave

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