From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 12:38:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 12:38:33 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:30734 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 16 Apr 2001 12:38:11 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:37:53 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Alexander Viro Cc: Arthur Pedyczak , Jeff Garzik , Linux kernel list Subject: Re: loop problems continue in 2.4.3 Message-ID: <20010416183753.H9539@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20010416104936.B9539@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from viro@math.psu.edu on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:30:45AM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 16 2001, Alexander Viro wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Jens Axboe wrote: > > > > I can mount the same file on the same mountpoint more than once. If I > > > mount a file twice (same file on the same mount point) > > > > This is a 2.4 feature > > Ability to losetup different loop devices to the same underlying > file is a bug, though. Not that it was new, though... It's also so close to 'doctor it hurts' that I don't think that's a big deal. Besides, if we later on want to have size limitited loop on files (some have already expressed wishes in this direction), we'll do this anyway. -- Jens Axboe