2.4.1 loopback FS partial fix

2.4.1 loopback FS partial fix

[Colonel]

For the other list readers with problems:

I used patch 2.4.2-pre2  (not pre3) 

plus axboe's loop-4 patch  (in the people directory).

  /ftp@ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux/kernel/people/axboe/patches/2.4.2-pre1

It solves most problems here.

Re: 2.4.1 loopback FS partial fix

[John Langford]

Excellent - this solved my problems.  I stress tested the loopback device
with a big copy and it seemed to work.  I also made losetup use open64:

[root@crush mount]# diff lomount.c lomount.c~
230c230
<       if ((ffd = open64 (file, mode)) < 0) {
---
>       if ((ffd = open (file, mode)) < 0) {

and gave it a 10GB file.  This seems to be working fine as well.

-John