Package: cloop-src Version: 2.01.5-3 Severity: important I've been experimenting with a 3.7Gb compressed images and I've noticed that when I specify then when loading cloop module like this: % modprobe cloop file=bigfile it fails saying "Unable to get file bigfile for cloop device". On the other hand, if I use ioctl command via losetup, it does not have this problem: % modprobe cloop % losetup /dev/cloop bigfile
Looking at the source, the difference is that during load cloop uses filp_open() call whereas during ioctl it uses fget(). I'm not quite familiar with those calls to know if it will be correct to change filp_open to fget. I hope that package maintainer knows better. On related note - on this failure cloop just returns -EINVAL instead of first releasing MAJOR number as well. As a result, after this failure you need to reboot before you will be able to load cloop again. Sincerely, Igor -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.11 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R (charmap=KOI8-R) Versions of packages cloop-src depends on: ii module-assistant 0.7.5 tool to make module package creati -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
