Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add new standard loop handling functions

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On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 10:45:44AM +0200, Tomas Racek wrote:
> Add _create_loop_device and _destroy_loop_device to uniformly handle
> loopback devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Racek <tracek@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  common.rc | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/common.rc b/common.rc
> index 966fc93..b5edd22 100644
> --- a/common.rc
> +++ b/common.rc
> @@ -1804,6 +1804,21 @@ _test_batched_discard()
>  	$FSTRIM_PROG ${1} &>/dev/null
>  }
>  
> +_create_loop_device()
> +{
> +	file=$1
> +	dev=`losetup -f`
> +	losetup $dev $file || _fail "Cannot associate $file with $dev"
> +	echo $dev
> +}
> +
> +_destroy_loop_device()
> +{
> +	dev=$1
> +	losetup -d $dev || _fail "Cannot destroy loop device $dev"
> +}
> +
> +
>  ################################################################################

Perhaps a followup patch that converts existing loop device users to
use this interface is appropriate?

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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