Re: [PATCH] mount: Automagically detect and loop-mount regular files.

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On 01/12/2010 01:00 PM, Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 01:05 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote:
> 
>>> +  if (!*loop) {
>>> +    struct stat st_buf;
>>> +    stat(*spec, &st_buf);
>>> +    *loop = S_ISREG(st_buf.st_mode);
>>
>> Shouldn't you check if stat was successful before using st_buf?
> 
> Yeah, I suppose.  I think we've already stat'd the file once before
> this, so I doubt it'd ever fail, but might as well be sure.

It could fail if the file is moved out from underneath.

	-hpa
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