Ray Lee wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> On 5/19/07, Uwe Bugla <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I am running Debian Etch 4.0 stable in connection with udev.
> >
> > In kernel 2.6.22-rc2 the number of available loop mounts is reduced
> > from 8 (conventional standard of preceding 2.6 kernels) to 1.
> >
> > Symptom: If you try to mount more than one single iso-image with
> > the loop parameter you are receiving the following message during
> > system boot:
> >
> > "mount: could not find any free loop device"
> >
> > Kernel 2.6.20.11 does not show that problem.
> >
> > Question: Can someone reading this confirm and reproduce that problem?
>
> I can reproduce the problem pretty trivially with:
>
> mkdir a m1 m2
> touch a/1
> genisoimage -o cd1.iso a || mkisofs -o cd1.iso a
> cp cd1.iso cd2.iso
> sudo mount -o loop cd1.iso m1
> sudo mount -o loop cd2.iso m2
>
> ...and the last mount fails. That used to work, at least as of 2.6.15,
> which is the only other 2.6 kernel I have running on a machine that I can
> log into at the moment.
>
This is unfortunate case of user-space breakage.
Now when we do not have specific loop device limit, we also do not
pre-register loop devices:
{pts/0}% LC_ALL=C ll /dev/loop*
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 7, 0 May 19 20:33 /dev/loop0
(I wonder where loop0 comes from at all :) but losetup & Co unfortunately
need preexisting device node :(
Trivial workaround for those who need it now - wrapper that creates node and
calls real losetup. I am not sure this actually works with loop mount
though.
Real fix is to add special control node and change losetup to use it instead
(or in addition) to opening /dev/loop%d. But as it stands now I'd call it
big regression.
-andrey
> Looking at the changelogs between 2.6.20 and current tip shows at least
> three significant patches to loop.c. The first was supposedly tested
> heavily, so we'll leave that alone for now. (They all were applied after
> 2.6.21 was released, so it's probably fine.)
>
> Anyway, could you try reverting the two patches below (in order: the
> first, then the second) and see if that fixes it? The second one looks
> iffy to me, but if this fixes it then I'm sure Al can sort out why.
>
> Ray
>
>
>
> commit 705962ccc9d21a08b74b6b6e1d3cf10f98968a67
> Author: Al Viro <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun May 13 05:52:32 2007 -0400
>
> fix deadlock in loop.c
>
> ... doh
>
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge noted that the recent loop.c cleanups worked, but
> cause lockdep to complain.
>
> Ouch. OK, the deadlock is real and yes, I'm an idiot. Speaking of
> which, we probably want to s/lock/pin/ in drivers/base/map.c to avoid
> such
> brainos again. And yes, this stuff needs clear documentation. Will
> try to put one together once I get some sleep...
>
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>
> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
> index e2fc4b6..5526ead 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/loop.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
> @@ -1399,6 +1399,11 @@ static struct loop_device *loop_init_one(int i)
> struct loop_device *lo;
> struct gendisk *disk;
>
> + list_for_each_entry(lo, &loop_devices, lo_list) {
> + if (lo->lo_number == i)
> + return lo;
> + }
> +
> lo = kzalloc(sizeof(*lo), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!lo)
> goto out;
> @@ -1443,17 +1448,13 @@ static void loop_del_one(struct loop_device *lo)
> kfree(lo);
> }
>
> -static int loop_lock(dev_t dev, void *data)
> -{
> - mutex_lock(&loop_devices_mutex);
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> static struct kobject *loop_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
> {
> - struct loop_device *lo = loop_init_one(dev & MINORMASK);
> + struct loop_device *lo;
> struct kobject *kobj;
>
> + mutex_lock(&loop_devices_mutex);
> + lo = loop_init_one(dev & MINORMASK);
> kobj = lo ? get_disk(lo->lo_disk) : ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> mutex_unlock(&loop_devices_mutex);
>
> @@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ static int __init loop_init(void)
> if (register_blkdev(LOOP_MAJOR, "loop"))
> return -EIO;
> blk_register_region(MKDEV(LOOP_MAJOR, 0), 1UL << MINORBITS,
> - THIS_MODULE, loop_probe, loop_lock, NULL);
> + THIS_MODULE, loop_probe, NULL, NULL);
>
> if (max_loop) {
> printk(KERN_INFO "loop: the max_loop option is obsolete "
>
>
>
>
>
> commit 07002e995638b83a6987180f43722a0eb39d4932
> Author: Al Viro <[email protected]>
> Date: Sat May 12 16:23:15 2007 -0400
>
> fix the dynamic allocation and probe in loop.c
>
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Ken Chen <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
> index 18cdd8c..e2fc4b6 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/loop.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
> @@ -1317,18 +1317,6 @@ static long lo_compat_ioctl(struct file *file,
> unsigned int cmd, unsigned long a
> }
> #endif
>
> -static struct loop_device *loop_find_dev(int number)
> -{
> - struct loop_device *lo;
> -
> - list_for_each_entry(lo, &loop_devices, lo_list) {
> - if (lo->lo_number == number)
> - return lo;
> - }
> - return NULL;
> -}
> -
> -static struct loop_device *loop_init_one(int i);
> static int lo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> struct loop_device *lo = inode->i_bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
> @@ -1337,11 +1325,6 @@ static int lo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file
> *file)
> lo->lo_refcnt++;
> mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
>
> - mutex_lock(&loop_devices_mutex);
> - if (!loop_find_dev(lo->lo_number + 1))
> - loop_init_one(lo->lo_number + 1);
> - mutex_unlock(&loop_devices_mutex);
> -
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -1448,7 +1431,7 @@ out_free_queue:
> out_free_dev:
> kfree(lo);
> out:
> - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> + return NULL;
> }
>
> static void loop_del_one(struct loop_device *lo)
> @@ -1460,36 +1443,30 @@ static void loop_del_one(struct loop_device *lo)
> kfree(lo);
> }
>
> +static int loop_lock(dev_t dev, void *data)
> +{
> + mutex_lock(&loop_devices_mutex);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static struct kobject *loop_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
> {
> - unsigned int number = dev & MINORMASK;
> - struct loop_device *lo;
> + struct loop_device *lo = loop_init_one(dev & MINORMASK);
> + struct kobject *kobj;
>
> - mutex_lock(&loop_devices_mutex);
> - lo = loop_find_dev(number);
> - if (lo == NULL)
> - lo = loop_init_one(number);
> + kobj = lo ? get_disk(lo->lo_disk) : ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> mutex_unlock(&loop_devices_mutex);
>
> *part = 0;
> - if (IS_ERR(lo))
> - return (void *)lo;
> - else
> - return &lo->lo_disk->kobj;
> + return kobj;
> }
>
> static int __init loop_init(void)
> {
> - struct loop_device *lo;
> -
> if (register_blkdev(LOOP_MAJOR, "loop"))
> return -EIO;
> blk_register_region(MKDEV(LOOP_MAJOR, 0), 1UL << MINORBITS,
> - THIS_MODULE, loop_probe, NULL, NULL);
> -
> - lo = loop_init_one(0);
> - if (IS_ERR(lo))
> - goto out;
> + THIS_MODULE, loop_probe, loop_lock, NULL);
>
> if (max_loop) {
> printk(KERN_INFO "loop: the max_loop option is obsolete "
> @@ -1498,11 +1475,6 @@ static int __init loop_init(void)
> }
> printk(KERN_INFO "loop: module loaded\n");
> return 0;
> -
> -out:
> - unregister_blkdev(LOOP_MAJOR, "loop");
> - printk(KERN_ERR "loop: ran out of memory\n");
> - return -ENOMEM;
> }
>
> static void __exit loop_exit(void)
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