> -----Original Message----- > From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 1:57 PM > To: Gulam Mohamed <gulam.mohamed@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>; linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; yukuai1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; axboe@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 for-6.11/block] loop: Fix a race between loop detach > and loop open > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 08:21:35AM +0000, Gulam Mohamed wrote: > > > To: Gulam Mohamed <gulam.mohamed@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Cc: linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > > yukuai1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; hch@xxxxxx; axboe@xxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 for-6.11/block] loop: Fix a race between loop > > > detach and loop open > > > > > > Do we need the re-addition of the open method to fix the ltp test > > > case? I kinda hate it, but if that is what it takes: > > > > > I don't think its needed but I kept it because your following comment in the > suggested change says " switch the state to roundown here to prevent new > openers from coming in": > > Let's keep it. I meant to say new I/O coming in, but letting a new opener > come in and then fail I/O isn't really nice behavior. Thanks Christoph. Regards, Gulam Mohamed.
