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File util-linux-mount-reuse-loop-4.patch of Package util-linux.6436
From d08b58c491031ce084f6b473300bbc2fd74d6c21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:14:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] mount: add note about loopdev reuse to mount.8 Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> --- sys-utils/mount.8 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) Index: util-linux-2.25/sys-utils/mount.8 =================================================================== --- util-linux-2.25.orig/sys-utils/mount.8 +++ util-linux-2.25/sys-utils/mount.8 @@ -3062,6 +3062,10 @@ independently of You can also free a loop device by hand, using .BR "losetup \-d " or " umount \-d" . +Since util-linux v2.29 mount command re-uses the loop device rather than +initialize a new device if the same backing file is already mounted with the +same offset. + .SH RETURN CODES .B mount has the following return codes (the bits can be ORed):
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