Re: [PATCH v2] loopback: Do not automaticaly replace existing loopback dev, error instead

[Glenn Washburn]

On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 13:34:44 +0100
Daniel Kiper <dkiper@net-space.pl> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > 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?

These two patches were not meant to be a thread together, ie separate
patches, which was why I was treating them separately.  I can see how
that might be confusing now.

Glenn