Package: mount Version: 2.20.1-5.5 Severity: normal Loop mounting has started to fail. Suspect this might be a kernel change/bug, but reporting against mount since this is where the problem is manifest.
Example: ======== # losetup -f /dev/loop0 # export f=1; mount -v -o loop=/dev/loop0 debian-testing-source-DVD-${f}old.iso /loopmnt1 mount: enabling autoclear loopdev flag mount: going to use the loop device /dev/loop0 mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for /dev/loop0 I will try type iso9660 mount: block device /large/jigdo_area/debian-testing-source-DVD-1old.iso is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: enabling autoclear loopdev flag mount: going to use the loop device /dev/loop0 warning: /large/jigdo_area/debian-testing-source-DVD-1old.iso is already associated with /dev/loop0 ioctl LOOP_SET_FD failed: Device or resource busy mount: stolen loop=/dev/loop0 # losetup -f /dev/loop0 Nothing in dmesg or /var/log/messages. I see LOOP_SET_FD defined in /usr/include/linux/loop.h ----------------------------------------------------- -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'oldstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.11-2-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages mount depends on: ii libblkid1 2.20.1-5.5 ii libc6 2.17-97 ii libmount1 2.20.1-5.5 ii libselinux1 2.2.1-1 ii libsepol1 2.2-1 mount recommends no packages. Versions of packages mount suggests: ii nfs-common 1:1.2.8-4 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org