The patch titled
drivers/block/loop.c: emit uevent on auto release
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
drivers-block-loopc-emit-uevent-on-auto-release.patch
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Subject: drivers/block/loop.c: emit uevent on auto release
From: Phillip Susi <psusi@xxxxxxxxxx>
The loopback driver failed to emit the change uevent when auto releasing
the device. Fixed lo_release() to pass the bdev to loop_clr_fd() so it
can emit the event.
Signed-off-by: Phillip Susi <psusi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ayan George <ayan@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/block/loop.c~drivers-block-loopc-emit-uevent-on-auto-release drivers/block/loop.c
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c~drivers-block-loopc-emit-uevent-on-auto-release
+++ a/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ static int lo_release(struct gendisk *di
* In autoclear mode, stop the loop thread
* and remove configuration after last close.
*/
- err = loop_clr_fd(lo, NULL);
+ err = loop_clr_fd(lo, lo->lo_device);
if (!err)
goto out_unlocked;
} else {
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from psusi@xxxxxxxxxx are
drivers-block-loopc-emit-uevent-on-auto-release.patch
drivers-block-loopc-remove-unnecessary-bdev-argument-from-loop_clr_fd.patch
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