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-rw-r--r--libbb/loop.c2
-rw-r--r--util-linux/Config.in8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/loop.c b/libbb/loop.c
index 8c3ad2ce0..19bbf3674 100644
--- a/libbb/loop.c
+++ b/libbb/loop.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ extern char *find_unused_loop_device(void)
struct stat statbuf;
struct loop_info loopinfo;
- for (i = 0; i <= 7; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i <= CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP_MAX; i++) {
sprintf(dev, LOOP_FORMAT, i);
if (stat(dev, &statbuf) == 0 && S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode)) {
if ((fd = open(dev, O_RDONLY)) >= 0) {
diff --git a/util-linux/Config.in b/util-linux/Config.in
index b54165409..7007915ba 100644
--- a/util-linux/Config.in
+++ b/util-linux/Config.in
@@ -349,6 +349,14 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
if you need to do something advanced, such as specify an offset or cryptographic
options to the loopback device.
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP_MAX
+ int " max number of loop devices"
+ default 7
+ depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP
+ help
+ This option sets the highest numbered loop device to be used
+ automatically by the '-o loop' feature of mount.
+
config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT
bool " Support for a /etc/mtab file (instead of symlink to /proc/mounts)"
default n