Subject	Improve the loop driver
Author	bvanassche@acm.org
Date	2026-08-20 19:57:09 +0000 UTC
Version	Version 1
Cc	axboe@kernel.dk bvanassche@acm.org hch@lst.de linux-block@vger.kernel.org nilay@linux.ibm.com stable@vger.kernel.org tytso@mit.edu

Patches (13)

Name	Content [All]
[PATCH 01/13] loop: Fix the code for recursion detection	[Body]
[PATCH 02/13] loop: Reorder checks in loop_validate_file()	[Body]
[PATCH 03/13] loop: Enable context analysis	[Body]
[PATCH 04/13] loop: Assign a unique lockdep key to each lo_mutex instance	[Body]
[PATCH 05/13] loop: Add more __must_hold() annotations	[Body]
[PATCH 06/13] loop: Protect all lo_backing_file accesses with lo->lo_mutex	[Body]
[PATCH 07/13] loop: Fix race conditions in loop_validate_file()	[Body]
[PATCH 08/13] loop: Remove memory barriers	[Body]
[PATCH 09/13] loop: Split loop_change_fd()	[Body]
[PATCH 10/13] loop: Split loop_configure()	[Body]
[PATCH 11/13] loop: Remove the "bool global" function argument	[Body]
[PATCH 12/13] loop: Modify the loop_process_work() calling convention	[Body]
[PATCH 13/13] loop: Add __guarded_by() annotations	[Body]

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