Bug in loop device fixed [Patch included]

Vincent Renardias (vincent@waw.com)
Tue, 25 Mar 1997 21:32:45 +0100 (GMT+0100)


Hello,

The patch below seems to fix the bug with loop device re-entrancy
(i.e.: it allows to mount a loop device in another loop device). Thanx to
Dale Scheetz for testing. _(;

(This is against 2.1.29, but should work with 2.0.29 too)

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