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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2012-12-08 15:25:06 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2012-12-08 15:25:06 +0100
commitf0b9abfb044649bc452fb2fb975ff2fd599cc6a3 (patch)
tree7800081c5cb16a4dfee1e57a70f3be90f7b50d9a /drivers/block/loop.c
parentadc1ef1e37358d3c17d1a74a58b2e104fc0bda15 (diff)
parent1b3c393cd43f22ead8a6a2f839efc6df8ebd7465 (diff)
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Merge branch 'linus' into perf/core
Conflicts: tools/perf/Makefile tools/perf/builtin-test.c tools/perf/perf.h tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c tools/perf/util/evsel.h Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block/loop.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/loop.c17
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index e9d594fd12cb..54046e51160a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -976,8 +976,21 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
if (lo->lo_state != Lo_bound)
return -ENXIO;
- if (lo->lo_refcnt > 1) /* we needed one fd for the ioctl */
- return -EBUSY;
+ /*
+ * If we've explicitly asked to tear down the loop device,
+ * and it has an elevated reference count, set it for auto-teardown when
+ * the last reference goes away. This stops $!~#$@ udev from
+ * preventing teardown because it decided that it needs to run blkid on
+ * the loopback device whenever they appear. xfstests is notorious for
+ * failing tests because blkid via udev races with a losetup
+ * <dev>/do something like mkfs/losetup -d <dev> causing the losetup -d
+ * command to fail with EBUSY.
+ */
+ if (lo->lo_refcnt > 1) {
+ lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR;
+ mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
+ return 0;
+ }
if (filp == NULL)
return -EINVAL;