From jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi Tue Jun 26 10:20:51 2001
This patch fixes the problem. Please consider applying.
--- linux-2.4.6-pre5/drivers/block/loop.c Sat Jun 23 07:52:39 2001
+++ linux/drivers/block/loop.c Tue Jun 26 09:21:47 2001
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@
bs = 0;
if (blksize_size[MAJOR(lo_device)])
bs = blksize_size[MAJOR(lo_device)][MINOR(lo_device)];
- if (!bs)
+ if (!bs || S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
bs = BLOCK_SIZE;
set_blocksize(dev, bs);
But why 1024? Next week your neighbour comes and has a file-backed
loop device with an odd number of 512-byte sectors.
If you want a guarantee, then I suppose one should pick 512.
(Or make the set blocksize ioctl also work on loop devices.)
Andries
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