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To: "David Gomez" <davidge@jazzfree.com>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>, Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Copying to loop device hangs up everything
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From: Momchil Velikov <velco@fadata.bg>
Date: 16 Dec 2001 18:53:27 +0200
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>>>>> "David" == David Gomez <davidge@jazzfree.com> writes:

David> On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Dave Jones wrote:

>> > I'm using kernel 2.4.17-rc1 and found what i think is a bug, maybe related
>> > to the loop device. This is the situation:
>> 
>> Can you repeat it with this applied ?
>> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.17rc1aa1/00_loop-deadlock-1

David> Thanks ;), this patch solves the problem and copying a lot of data to the
David> loop device now doesn't hang the computer.

David> Is this patch going to be applied to the stable kernel ? Marcelo ?

I've had exactly the same hangups with or without the patch.

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