Re: add loop device backing file in udev database

Karel Zak <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.hotplug.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 04:38:46PM +0200, [email protected] wrote:
> >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.

Right, /sys is always better place than udev db.

> # losetup -d /dev/loop0
> # losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/sdc1  # sdc is USB stick

There is also LOOP_CHANGE_FD ioctl, I have doubts that kernel informs
userspace about this change. (but standard userspace utils does not
use this ioctl)

    Karel

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