FC6 "modprobe loop" deadlock?

[Jan Andrejkovic]

Hello,

It is resolved now (!). I tried to solve one issue but I created another
one. I had a problem with "modprobe loop" under 2.6.20-1.2944.fc6 therefore
(as a part of the troubleshooting) I added below line into
/etc/modprobe.conf trying to force it to load at start:
install loop /sbin/modprobe loop; /bin/true

Becuase I used the same name (loop) twice in above line, I created the
loop...

However once I commented this line all if fine now.

Chuck - thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

I'm sorry for any confusion caused,

Jan

2007/6/1, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com>:
>
> On 06/01/2007 02:58 PM, Jan Andrejkovic wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have FC6 with default latest kernel and I configured encrypted swap
> > (using
> > /etc/crypttab). Now when I need to use losetup to "mount" floppy disk
> image
> > as a loop device,
> > I should have module loop loaded first.
> >
> > When I try "modprobe loop" modprobe hangs and starts to spawn its
> > copies, and then I see more and more modprobe processes eating all my
> > CPU time and swap space.
> > The only thing which saves my system from crash is to cancel the
> > modprobe or if I do "killall modprobe".
>
> You need to file a bug for this. And include the contents of
> /etc/modprobe.conf in the report.
>
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