1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index e9d594fd12cb..54046e51160a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -976,8 +976,21 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
         if (lo->lo_state != Lo_bound)
                 return -ENXIO;
 
-        if (lo->lo_refcnt > 1)  /* we needed one fd for the ioctl */
-                return -EBUSY;
+        /*
+         * If we've explicitly asked to tear down the loop device,
+         * and it has an elevated reference count, set it for auto-teardown when
+         * the last reference goes away. This stops $!~#$@ udev from
+         * preventing teardown because it decided that it needs to run blkid on
+         * the loopback device whenever they appear. xfstests is notorious for
+         * failing tests because blkid via udev races with a losetup
+         * <dev>/do something like mkfs/losetup -d <dev> causing the losetup -d
+         * command to fail with EBUSY.
+         */
+        if (lo->lo_refcnt > 1) {
+                lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR;
+                mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
+                return 0;
+        }
 
         if (filp == NULL)
                 return -EINVAL;