Re: loopback blockdev deadlocks (Re: Reading from loopback-mounted ISO9660 disk image hangs)

Adam Sampson (azz@gnu.org)
Wed, 12 Apr 2000 17:45:20 +0000

On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 07:24:10PM +0100, Steve Dodd wrote:
> > And if I try to ls another loopback-mounted CD filesystem (that got
> > mounted on bootup), it also hangs.

> There are known problems with the loopback block device deadlocking, yes..
> See the "loopback blockdev deadlocks" thread. As for info, what type of
> device is the image file on?

Both image files are on ext2 filesystems, as are the directories that they
get mounted on; the devices are IDE hard drives hanging off a ALi Aladdin V
controller running in non-DMA mode. As expected, no problems occur doing the
same thing under 2.2.14; I haven't tried previous 2.3.x kernels yet.

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Adam Sampson
azz@gnu.org


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