Re: add loop device backing file in udev database

Kay Sievers <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.hotplug.devel
Message-ID <CAPXgP11cKRUdsRHS=wGesRaZERchTAyb0b3F2POpP-DCzieMDQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:39 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Since kernel 2.6.37, some infos are available in /sys for associated loop
> devices, especially the backing file. Is it poosible to introduce the
> BACKING_FILE variable for associated loop devices ?

Why would you *ever* want to mirror easily in /sys accessible kernel variables?

That is usually the wrong thing to do, because it can get out-of-sync,
and udev would pretend something that is not true anymore.

Kay
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