Re: [6.12.y regression] loosetup: failed to set up loop device: Invalid argument after 184b147b9f7f ("loop: Add sanity check for read/write_iter")

From: Christian Hesse
Date: Tue May 20 2025 - 02:34:51 EST


Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@xxxxxxxxxx> on Tue, 2025/05/20 07:57:
> In Debian Roland Clobus reported a regression with setting up loop
> devices from a backing squashfs file lying on read-only mounted target
> directory from a iso.
>
> The original report is at:
> https://bugs.debian.org/1106070

We are suffering the same for Arch Linux. Already reported here:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250519175640.2fcac001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
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