include/uapi/linux/loop.h
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File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/uapi/linux/loop.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 3411 bytes
- Lines
- 121
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
asm/posix_types.hlinux/types.h
Detected Declarations
struct loop_infostruct loop_info64struct loop_config
Annotated Snippet
struct loop_info {
int lo_number; /* ioctl r/o */
__kernel_old_dev_t lo_device; /* ioctl r/o */
unsigned long lo_inode; /* ioctl r/o */
__kernel_old_dev_t lo_rdevice; /* ioctl r/o */
int lo_offset;
int lo_encrypt_type; /* obsolete, ignored */
int lo_encrypt_key_size; /* ioctl w/o */
int lo_flags;
char lo_name[LO_NAME_SIZE];
unsigned char lo_encrypt_key[LO_KEY_SIZE]; /* ioctl w/o */
unsigned long lo_init[2];
char reserved[4];
};
struct loop_info64 {
__u64 lo_device; /* ioctl r/o */
__u64 lo_inode; /* ioctl r/o */
__u64 lo_rdevice; /* ioctl r/o */
__u64 lo_offset;
__u64 lo_sizelimit;/* bytes, 0 == max available */
__u32 lo_number; /* ioctl r/o */
__u32 lo_encrypt_type; /* obsolete, ignored */
__u32 lo_encrypt_key_size; /* ioctl w/o */
__u32 lo_flags;
__u8 lo_file_name[LO_NAME_SIZE];
__u8 lo_crypt_name[LO_NAME_SIZE];
__u8 lo_encrypt_key[LO_KEY_SIZE]; /* ioctl w/o */
__u64 lo_init[2];
};
/**
* struct loop_config - Complete configuration for a loop device.
* @fd: fd of the file to be used as a backing file for the loop device.
* @block_size: block size to use; ignored if 0.
* @info: struct loop_info64 to configure the loop device with.
*
* This structure is used with the LOOP_CONFIGURE ioctl, and can be used to
* atomically setup and configure all loop device parameters at once.
*/
struct loop_config {
__u32 fd;
__u32 block_size;
struct loop_info64 info;
__u64 __reserved[8];
};
/*
* Loop filter types
*/
#define LO_CRYPT_NONE 0
#define LO_CRYPT_XOR 1
#define LO_CRYPT_DES 2
#define LO_CRYPT_FISH2 3 /* Twofish encryption */
#define LO_CRYPT_BLOW 4
#define LO_CRYPT_CAST128 5
#define LO_CRYPT_IDEA 6
#define LO_CRYPT_DUMMY 9
#define LO_CRYPT_SKIPJACK 10
#define LO_CRYPT_CRYPTOAPI 18
#define MAX_LO_CRYPT 20
/*
* IOCTL commands --- we will commandeer 0x4C ('L')
*/
#define LOOP_SET_FD 0x4C00
#define LOOP_CLR_FD 0x4C01
#define LOOP_SET_STATUS 0x4C02
#define LOOP_GET_STATUS 0x4C03
#define LOOP_SET_STATUS64 0x4C04
#define LOOP_GET_STATUS64 0x4C05
#define LOOP_CHANGE_FD 0x4C06
#define LOOP_SET_CAPACITY 0x4C07
#define LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO 0x4C08
#define LOOP_SET_BLOCK_SIZE 0x4C09
#define LOOP_CONFIGURE 0x4C0A
/* /dev/loop-control interface */
#define LOOP_CTL_ADD 0x4C80
#define LOOP_CTL_REMOVE 0x4C81
#define LOOP_CTL_GET_FREE 0x4C82
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_LOOP_H */
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `asm/posix_types.h`, `linux/types.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct loop_info`, `struct loop_info64`, `struct loop_config`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.