From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from basal.nesselzelle.de ([88.198.40.36]:49446 "EHLO basal.nesselzelle.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751318Ab2DQVCE (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:02:04 -0400 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47192) by localhost with [XMail 1.27 ESMTP Server] id for from ; Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:02:01 +0200 Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:02:07 +0200 From: Thomas Orgis To: Mike Frysinger Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: losetup -d --force for zombie loop devices? Message-ID: <20120417230207.352c4ca5@orgis.org> In-Reply-To: <201204171058.23776.vapier@gentoo.org> References: <20120417100346.2a0b8301@orgis.org> <201204171058.23776.vapier@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/YRdXBWHZ2aCaMnkRZiQMs0G"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --Sig_/YRdXBWHZ2aCaMnkRZiQMs0G Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:58:22 -0400 schrieb Mike Frysinger :=20 > that's LOOP_CLR_FD returning EBUSY. so there isn't much (afaik) that=20 > userspace can do here. you'd have to start a thread on lkml first to add= =20 > support for lazy/force loop device detaching. Hm, I feared such ... now the question is if folks would support that move. Well, one will not find out without asking. Perhaps I should try to reproduce the scheme with another machine first. Not that this situation is something that "just does not happen", except in my case. Alrighty then, Thomas --Sig_/YRdXBWHZ2aCaMnkRZiQMs0G Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+N2k8ACgkQm0xSvNRG1SQKegCeITr64ENkukICBsr1P2dJmbL8 mQYAnRc5P/VvLyPXVeJKdXfjZlGHvsIS =cjLC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/YRdXBWHZ2aCaMnkRZiQMs0G--