[xfs-masters] Re: 2.6.22-rc2: known regressions with patches

["Fabio Comolli" <fabio.comolli@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.

> Block devices
>
> Subject    : loop devices limited to one single device
> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/16/229
> Submitter  : Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@xxxxxx>
> Handled-By : Ken Chen <kenchen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/21/483
> Status     : patch available
>

I just noticed that I have this issue; anyway, this patch works fine
for me (with -rc3)

[root@tycho mnt]# mkdir 1  2  3  4  5 6
[root@tycho mnt]# for i in `ls`
> do
> mount -o loop=/dev/loop$i /home/F-7-i386-DVD.iso /mnt/$i
> done
[root@tycho mnt]# df -k
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2              4061572   2910092    941408  76% /
/dev                    515908        36    515872   1% /dev
none                    515908        16    515892   1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda4             27617068   7206108  19008084  28% /home
/home/F-7-i386-DVD.iso
                       2832620   2832620         0 100% /mnt/1
/home/F-7-i386-DVD.iso
                       2832620   2832620         0 100% /mnt/2
/home/F-7-i386-DVD.iso
                       2832620   2832620         0 100% /mnt/3
/home/F-7-i386-DVD.iso
                       2832620   2832620         0 100% /mnt/4
/home/F-7-i386-DVD.iso
                       2832620   2832620         0 100% /mnt/5
/home/F-7-i386-DVD.iso
                       2832620   2832620         0 100% /mnt/6

Regards,
Fabio