linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 4/7] Increment diskseq when releasing a loop device

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Message-ID: <Y9d7QqLQnCuN/bUN@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:09:38 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Demi Marie Obenour <demi@...isiblethingslab.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Marek Marczykowski-Górecki 
        <marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/7] Increment diskseq when releasing a loop device

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 10:33:56PM -0500, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> This ensures that userspace is aware that the device may now point to
> something else.

The subject is wong, this also does two things to two different
subystems, not of which is mentioned in the subject.