Re: util-linux-2.22 regression on umount with loop and /etc/mtab real file

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> De: "Karel Zak" <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
> À: "g esp" <g.esp@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: util-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Envoyé: Mardi 18 Septembre 2012 11:29:26
> Objet: Re: util-linux-2.22 regression on umount with loop and /etc/mtab real file
> 
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 07:50:29AM +0200, g.esp@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > The loop is cleaned on umount with 2.21.2
> > With 2.22, unmounting /tmp/foo_fs no more remove the loop
> > 
> > [chroot-i486] root:/$ mount --version
> > mount from util-linux 2.22 (libmount 2.22.0: debug)
> > [chroot-i486] root:/$ losetup -a
> > [chroot-i486] root:/$ mount -oloop /tmp/foo_fs /tmp/bar_dir
> > [chroot-i486] root:/$ umount /tmp/foo_fs
> > [chroot-i486] root:/$ losetup -a
> > /dev/loop0: [2051]:387175 (/tmp/foo_fs)
> > 
> > The loop remain.
> 
> Kernel version? I guess something old... :-)
> 
> Since kernel 2.6.37 we use autoclear flag:
> 
>   $ cat /sys/block/loop0/loop/autoclear
>   1
> 
The kernel running on the machine is debian v6 (squeeze) 2.6.32, so this is not something brand new.

> if the flags is enabled (should be always by mount(8)) then the loop
> device is automatically detached by kernel after successful
> umount(2).
> It means that we don't have to store any extra information in
> userspace or do any magic around loopdevs in umount(8) command.
> 
> 
> I found a bug in libmount umount code, it does not check for the
> option "loop" in mtab -- this bug is invisible on systems where
> autoclear flags is usable. Fixed. Try the code from upstream tree:
> 

Thank, git tree fixed the issue.

Gilles
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