I think the loopback device should have a usagecount of 1 when it is
configured, so that it can safely be loaded by kerneld. Imagine the
following scenario:
The loopbackdevice is a module and should be loaded by kerneld.
You do: losetup /dev/loop0 a_file (=> kerneld loads the module)
Then you wait > 1 min and want to mount it, but it is gone, because kerneld
has removed the module.
Matthias
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