From: Andrea Cervesato via ltp <ltp@lists.linux.it>
To: "Martin Doucha" <mdoucha@suse.cz>, <ltp@lists.linux.it>
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH] tst_detach_device: Clear leftover partitions
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:13:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DEZMS4NATYN0.1UPLQVTAALHVA@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251212104025.15924-1-mdoucha@suse.cz>
Hi!
On Fri Dec 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM CET, Martin Doucha wrote:
> Some kernels have a race condition during loop device release
> which results in partitions being left over on unattached device.
> The partitions then cause mkfs.vfat failures in later tests.
>
> Check for loop device partitions after detaching it and clear them
> if necessary.
In general the code looks good, but the sentence "Some kernels have a
race condition during loop device release" sounds like a kernel bug
that we are working around with this feature. I know probably this
is not the case, but if I read the sentence this is what I guess.
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Andrea Cervesato
SUSE QE Automation Engineer Linux
andrea.cervesato@suse.com
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-16 12:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-12 10:40 [LTP] [PATCH] tst_detach_device: Clear leftover partitions Martin Doucha
2025-12-12 14:39 ` Petr Vorel
2025-12-16 12:13 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp [this message]
2025-12-16 12:16 ` Martin Doucha
2025-12-16 12:19 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2025-12-18 13:11 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
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