Re: [PATCH] loopback device can't act as its backing store

[franz_pletz@t-online.de (Franz Pletz)]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:42:38 -0800, Phil Oester <kernel@linuxace.com> wrote:
> Your mailer mangled the patch.

Thanks for your feedback.
I apologize for any inconvenience at applying or evaluating the patch.

I think I got it now. Let's give it another try.


Signed-off-by: Franz Pletz <franz_pletz@t-online.de>

 linux/drivers/block/loop.c |    7 +++++++
  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

--- linux-2.6.10-rc2/drivers/block/loop.c	2004-11-25 19:56:32.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/drivers/block/loop.c	2004-12-02 23:39:43.516913144 +0100
@@ -596,6 +596,9 @@
 	old_file = lo->lo_backing_file;
 
 	error = -EINVAL;
+	/* new backing store mustn't be the loop device it's being mapped to */
+	if(inode->i_rdev == bdev->bd_dev)
+		goto out_putf;
 
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
 		goto out_putf;
@@ -652,6 +655,10 @@
 		lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY;
 
 	error = -EINVAL;
+	/* new backing store mustn't be the loop device it's being mapped to */
+	if(inode->i_rdev == bdev->bd_dev)
+		goto out_putf;
+
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		struct address_space_operations *aops = mapping->a_ops;
 		/*