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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/loop.c17
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index e9d594fd12cb..54046e51160a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -976,8 +976,21 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
if (lo->lo_state != Lo_bound)
return -ENXIO;
- if (lo->lo_refcnt > 1) /* we needed one fd for the ioctl */
- return -EBUSY;
+ /*
+ * If we've explicitly asked to tear down the loop device,
+ * and it has an elevated reference count, set it for auto-teardown when
+ * the last reference goes away. This stops $!~#$@ udev from
+ * preventing teardown because it decided that it needs to run blkid on
+ * the loopback device whenever they appear. xfstests is notorious for
+ * failing tests because blkid via udev races with a losetup
+ * <dev>/do something like mkfs/losetup -d <dev> causing the losetup -d
+ * command to fail with EBUSY.
+ */
+ if (lo->lo_refcnt > 1) {
+ lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR;
+ mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
+ return 0;
+ }
if (filp == NULL)
return -EINVAL;
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