Re: /dev/loop0 over lvm... leading to d-state :-(

[Jens Axboe]

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On Wed, Apr 04 2001, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote:
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> fyi, loop devices over lvm LV's dont work for me...
> 
> I've tested with 2.4.3final (and some other 2.4.3 derivates) and two
> lvm'ized partitions with a size of about 1gig each; mke2fs
> just goes into D-state and stays there when applying it to /dev/loop0,
> running it directly on the LV-device works...

this would appear to be an lvm bug, could you try this patch? it's
untested, let me know if it doesn't work and I'll try and reproduce
here.

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--- /opt/kernel/linux-2.4.3/drivers/md/lvm.c	Mon Jan 29 01:11:20 2001
+++ drivers/md/lvm.c	Thu Apr  5 07:12:14 2001
@@ -1480,14 +1480,14 @@
  */
 static int lvm_map(struct buffer_head *bh, int rw)
 {
-	int minor = MINOR(bh->b_dev);
+	int minor = MINOR(bh->b_rdev);
 	int ret = 0;
 	ulong index;
 	ulong pe_start;
 	ulong size = bh->b_size >> 9;
 	ulong rsector_tmp = bh->b_blocknr * size;
 	ulong rsector_sav;
-	kdev_t rdev_tmp = bh->b_dev;
+	kdev_t rdev_tmp = bh->b_rdev;
 	kdev_t rdev_sav;
 	vg_t *vg_this = vg[VG_BLK(minor)];
 	lv_t *lv = vg_this->lv[LV_BLK(minor)];

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