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From:   Martijn Coenen <maco@android.com>
Date:   Fri, 7 Aug 2020 10:53:01 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] loop: unset GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN on LOOP_CONFIGURE
To:     Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@0pointer.de>
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Hi Lennart,

Thanks again for the patch, I tested it and it looks good to me. I'll
also add a test case to LTP for this. Two minor nits on the patch:

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 9:32 AM Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@0pointer.de> wrote:
> Let's correct that and propagate the flag in LOOP_SETSTATUS too.

Think you meant LOOP_CONFIGURE.

Also, could you add a "Fixes" tag, like:

Fixes: 3448914e8cc5("loop: Add LOOP_CONFIGURE ioctl")


>
> Signed-off-by: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
> ---
>  drivers/block/loop.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
> index d18160146226..2f137d6ce169 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/loop.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
> @@ -1171,6 +1171,8 @@ static int loop_configure(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
>         if (part_shift)
>                 lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN;
>         partscan = lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN;
> +       if (partscan)
> +               lo->lo_disk->flags &= ~GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
>
>         /* Grab the block_device to prevent its destruction after we
>          * put /dev/loopXX inode. Later in __loop_clr_fd() we bdput(bdev).
> --
> 2.26.2