From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
To: David Chinner <dgc-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
lkml <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
linux-fsdevel
<linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [BUG] remount ro on loopback mount leaves unmountable filesystem behind
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:42:03 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080513124203.GA4806@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080513120710.GA155679365-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:07:10PM +1000, David Chinner wrote:
> Anyway, I'll hard code loop device numbers into the script so
> I can just forget about this problem. Thanks, Christoph.
hardcoding them is a little dangerous because a system might aswell
have them in use already, e.g. for CD images. Just use losetup -f to
find the first free one and keep it in a shell variable.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-13 12:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-13 8:50 [BUG] remount ro on loopback mount leaves unmountable filesystem behind David Chinner
[not found] ` <20080513085047.GY155679365-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-13 10:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-05-13 12:07 ` David Chinner
[not found] ` <20080513120710.GA155679365-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-13 12:42 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
[not found] ` <20080513124203.GA4806-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-13 17:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-13 22:55 ` Karel Zak
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