I have such symlink!
> I was wondering if a solution to this would be to introduce 'named'
> loopback devices.
>
> with named loop devices, umount will then know that mount was the
> creator of a loopback device that it mounted, and can safely destroy it.
>
> at present, mounting and unmounting disc images causes one to run out of
> loopback devices rather rapidly.
>
> If I were to knock up a patch to implement named loop devices, would it
> stand a chance of being accepted?
>
> also, how should this work? should the name be that of the creating
> process or should it just be a field that the creator can fill in as it
> pleases?
Have no time to think about this now, but will test any patches -
I want /etc/mtab -> /proc/mounts to become standard practice
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