From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:25:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:25:44 -0500 Received: from 2-194.cwb-adsl.telepar.net.br ([200.193.161.194]:30192 "HELO brinquedo.distro.conectiva") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:25:24 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 21:46:14 -0300 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo To: Amit D Chaudhary Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: mke2fs hangs while running on /dev/loop0 - kernel version 2.4 Message-ID: <20010227214614.A13399@conectiva.com.br> Mail-Followup-To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Amit D Chaudhary , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3A9C6184.9050802@brocade.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.14i In-Reply-To: <3A9C6184.9050802@brocade.com>; from amitc@brocade.com on Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:25:08PM -0800 X-Url: http://advogato.org/person/acme Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Em Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:25:08PM -0800, Amit D Chaudhary escreveu: > I am hoping someone knows more about this case. I have a intel pc > running linux 2.4 and the last command below hangs and the statements as > they are printed. Even kill -9 does not get it to terminate. > > #touch img.test > #dd if=/dev/zero of=img.test bs=1k count=2000 > 2000+0 records in > 2000+0 records out > #losetup /dev/loop0 img.test > #mke2fs > known bug, try 2.4.2-ac5 (ac6 seems to have some small problems, Keith seems to have fixed with a patch some moments ago) some friends of mine said 2.4.2-ac seems to make loop behave, haven't checked - Arnaldo