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Re: [PATCH v2] loopback: Do not automaticaly replace existing loopback d
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Daniel Kiper |
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Re: [PATCH v2] loopback: Do not automaticaly replace existing loopback dev, error instead |
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Fri, 4 Dec 2020 13:34:44 +0100 |
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On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 07:57:11PM -0600, Glenn Washburn wrote:
> If there is a loopback device with the same name as the one to be created,
> instead of closing the old one and replacing it with the new one, return an
> error instead. If the loopback device was created, its probably being used
> by something and just replacing it may cause grub to crash unexpectedly.
> This fixes obvious problems like `loopback d (d)/somefile'. Its not too
> onerous to force the user to delete the loopback first with the `-d' switch.
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> Signed-off-by: Glenn Washburn <development@efficientek.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
Daniel
PS May I ask you to create new thread for new version of the patches
instead of attaching them to previous threads?