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When a loop block device encounters a writeback error, that error will get propagated to the bd_inode's wb_err field. If we then detach the backing file from it, attach another and fsync it, we'll get back the writeback error that we had from the previous backing file. This is a bit of a grey area as POSIX doesn't cover loop devices, but it is somewhat counterintuitive. If we detach a backing file from the loopdev while there are still unreported errors, take it as a sign that we're no longer interested in the previous file, and clear out the wb_err in the loop blockdev. Reported-and-Tested-by: Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.