Re: [PATCH][2.5] Fix block backed loop mounts

From: Adam J. Richter (adam@yggdrasil.com)
Date: Thu Jan 24 2002 - 02:00:26 EST


        Thank you for picking up this patch and resubmitting it. I
don't think anyone had any complaints about it before. I was
wondering if it had fallen through the cracks. Jens, do you want to
integrate this patch into whatever you are sending to Linus, or should
Zwane or I needle Linus directly about it?

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>From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz>
>To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>

>Hi Jens,
> This is a patch which Adam Richter posted sometime back, it still
>hasn't been integrated as of 2.5.3-pre3. I've tested the patch on my box
>and vote for it, it applies clean on 2.5.3-pre3.

>Regards,
> Zwane Mwaikambo

--- linux-2.5.2-pre11/drivers/block/loop.c Mon Jan 14 05:48:01 2002
+++ linux/drivers/block/loop.c Mon Jan 14 06:13:33 2002
@@ -488,15 +488,15 @@
                               struct bio *rbh)
 {
         unsigned long IV = loop_get_iv(lo, rbh->bi_sector);
- struct bio_vec *to;
+ struct bio_vec *from;
         char *vto, *vfrom;
         int ret = 0, i;

- bio_for_each_segment(to, bio, i) {
- vfrom = page_address(rbh->bi_io_vec[i].bv_page) + rbh->bi_io_vec[i].bv_offset;
- vto = page_address(to->bv_page) + to->bv_offset;
+ bio_for_each_segment(from, rbh, i) {
+ vfrom = page_address(from->bv_page) + from->bv_offset;
+ vto = page_address(bio->bi_io_vec[i].bv_page) + bio->bi_io_vec[i].bv_offset;
                 ret |= lo_do_transfer(lo, bio_data_dir(bio), vto, vfrom,
- to->bv_len, IV);
+ from->bv_len, IV);
         }

         return ret;

-
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