David> On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Dave Jones wrote:
>> > I'm using kernel 2.4.17-rc1 and found what i think is a bug, maybe related
>> > to the loop device. This is the situation:
>>
>> Can you repeat it with this applied ?
>> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/kernels/v2.4/2.4.17rc1aa1/00_loop-deadlock-1
David> Thanks ;), this patch solves the problem and copying a lot of data to the
David> loop device now doesn't hang the computer.
David> Is this patch going to be applied to the stable kernel ? Marcelo ?
I've had exactly the same hangups with or without the patch.
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