Re: Mounting /dev/loop0: Device or resource busy

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Thu Mar 16 2006 - 15:20:26 EST


>
>Why can I mount most block devices multiple times, but when I try to mount a
>loop device more than once under 2.6.16-rc5 it tells me it's busy?
>
It should be possible to mount a block device multiple times using the
_same_ filesystem.

>This used to work...

bd_claim() is a starting point.


Jan Engelhardt
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