From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail-lb0-f174.google.com ([209.85.217.174]:56158 "EHLO mail-lb0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754600AbaJHK4K (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2014 06:56:10 -0400 Received: by mail-lb0-f174.google.com with SMTP id p9so7803222lbv.5 for ; Wed, 08 Oct 2014 03:56:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <543518DF.2060707@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:58:39 +0200 From: Francis Moreau MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karel Zak CC: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: losetup: failed to setup loop device > 1 References: <5432C4C8.30101@gmail.com> <20141006174041.GA8057@x2.net.home> <54330294.1090908@gmail.com> <20141007091711.GB8057@x2.net.home> In-Reply-To: <20141007091711.GB8057@x2.net.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/07/2014 11:17 AM, Karel Zak wrote: > On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 10:59:00PM +0200, Francis Moreau wrote: >> On 10/06/2014 07:40 PM, Karel Zak wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 06:35:20PM +0200, Francis Moreau wrote: >>>> One last details is that the system uses pretty old stuff: kernel >>>> 3.4.50, util-linux 2.21.1. >>> >>> $ git log --oneline v2.21.. -- lib/loopdev.c sys-utils/losetup.c | wc -l >>> 62 >>> >>>> Could anybody give me some help ? >>> >>> update, this is upstream mailing list I have doubts anyone is ready >>> to help you with code released 2 years ago. >> >> well it looks like more a kernel issue since the sequence of syscalls >> done by losetup looks correct. Maybe someone here already encountered >> this... >> >> I just found that loop module was loaded with max_part=16 and >> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT=8. If max_part is set to 0 then the issue >> is gone :-/ > > Well, if you have kernel that provides /dev/loop-control then you > don't have to set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT at all. I guess > "8" (kernel upstream default?) is mostly about backward compatibility. BTW it not depends only on the kernel and /dev/loop-control but also on losetup(8) to be recent enough to add a new loop device if the one specified doesn't exist. And I don't think it's the case for losetup shipped by util-linux 2.21.1 Thanks.