On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 06:39:21AM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> My favorite wild theory is that the underlying device is plugged.
Hmmm. Here's my latest theory:
[from ll_rw_blk.c, __make_request(): ]
/*
* Loop uses two requests, 1 for loop and 1 for the real device.
* Cut max_req in half to avoid running out and deadlocking.
*/
if ((major == LOOP_MAJOR) || (major == NBD_MAJOR))
max_req >>= 1;
This assumption presumably breaks down horribly for file-backed loop devices?
The numbers of requests that the filesystem is going to generate to deal
with one loop device request may well be >1. Does this sound plausible to
anyone or have I missed something?
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same manner that fish follow migrating caribou."
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