---
kpartx/lopart.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Index: multipath-tools-130222/kpartx/lopart.c
===================================================================
--- multipath-tools-130222.orig/kpartx/lopart.c
+++ multipath-tools-130222/kpartx/lopart.c
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
#include "lopart.h"
#include "xstrncpy.h"
+#ifndef LOOP_CTL_GET_FREE
+#define LOOP_CTL_GET_FREE 0x4C82
+#endif
+
#if !defined (__alpha__) && !defined (__ia64__) && !defined (__x86_64__) \
&& !defined (__s390x__)
#define int2ptr(x) ((void *) ((int) x))
@@ -140,14 +144,24 @@ find_unused_loop_device (void)
char dev[20];
char *loop_formats[] = { "/dev/loop%d", "/dev/loop/%d" };
- int i, j, fd, somedev = 0, someloop = 0, loop_known = 0;
+ int i, j, fd, first = 0, somedev = 0, someloop = 0, loop_known = 0;
struct stat statbuf;
struct loop_info loopinfo;
FILE *procdev;
+ if (stat("/dev/loop-control", &statbuf) == 0 &&
+ S_ISCHR(statbuf.st_mode)) {
+ fd = open("/dev/loop-control", O_RDWR);
+ if (fd >= 0) {
+ first = ioctl(fd, LOOP_CTL_GET_FREE);
+ close(fd);
+ }
+ if (first < 0)
+ first = 0;
+ }
for (j = 0; j < SIZE(loop_formats); j++) {
- for(i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+ for(i = first; i < 256; i++) {
sprintf(dev, loop_formats[j], i);
if (stat (dev, &statbuf) == 0 && S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode)) {