The function is_loopdev does not set errno if the supplied string does not reference a valid loop device. Fix this to avoid an error message like this one: losetup: /: failed to use device: Success I prefer this one: losetup: /: failed to use device: No such device Signed-off-by: Tobias Stoeckmann <tobias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/loopdev.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/loopdev.c b/lib/loopdev.c index b3941dd..a57e7a7 100644 --- a/lib/loopdev.c +++ b/lib/loopdev.c @@ -633,12 +633,13 @@ int is_loopdev(const char *device) { struct stat st; - if (!device) - return 0; - - return (stat(device, &st) == 0 && + if (device && stat(device, &st) == 0 && S_ISBLK(st.st_mode) && - major(st.st_rdev) == LOOPDEV_MAJOR); + major(st.st_rdev) == LOOPDEV_MAJOR) + return 1; + + errno = ENODEV; + return 0; } /* -- 2.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html