linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] loop: Test to detect a race condition between loop detach and open

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Message-ID: <20240523081229.GC1086@lst.de>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 10:12:29 +0200
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To: Gulam Mohamed <gulam.mohamed@...cle.com>
Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	axboe@...nel.dk, shinichiro.kawasaki@....com, chaitanyak@...dia.com,
	hch@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] loop: Test to detect a race condition between loop
 detach and open

On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 10:42:49PM +0000, Gulam Mohamed wrote:
> When one process opens a loop device partition and another process detaches
> it, there will be a race condition due to which stale loop partitions are
> created causing IO errors. This test will detect the race

This isn't really a 2/2, but a single patch for a separate repository.