This allows a flag to be set on loop devices so that when they are
closed for the last time, they'll self-destruct.
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <[email protected]>
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 56e2304..7fae828 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -973,6 +973,10 @@ loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info64 *info)
lo->transfer = xfer->transfer;
lo->ioctl = xfer->ioctl;
+ if ( (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR) !=
+ (info->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR))
+ lo->lo_flags ^= LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR;
+
lo->lo_encrypt_key_size = info->lo_encrypt_key_size;
lo->lo_init[0] = info->lo_init[0];
lo->lo_init[1] = info->lo_init[1];
@@ -1331,6 +1335,10 @@ static int lo_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
mutex_lock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
--lo->lo_refcnt;
+
+ if ((lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR) && !lo->lo_refcnt)
+ loop_clr_fd(lo, inode->i_bdev);
+
mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/loop.h b/include/linux/loop.h
index 26a0a10..46169a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/loop.h
+++ b/include/linux/loop.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct loop_device {
enum {
LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY = 1,
LO_FLAGS_USE_AOPS = 2,
+ LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR = 4,
};
#include <asm/posix_types.h> /* for __kernel_old_dev_t */
--
dwmw2
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