> > Oh, in that case shouldn't losetup fail with an error?
> >
> > Also, is it really necessary to have bmap to do loop devices? Couldn't
> > some sort of alternate mechanism be used?
>
> You could fall back to read/write in theory. There is an interesting project
> for you 8)
Really? Think about deadlocks. Both nbd and loop are _evil_. Mount
sparse file over loopback, then write to both filessytems in heavy way
to see why. THIS IS NOT EASY.
Pavel
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