So, with the current 15.2 kernel "losetup -P" does not work, and the commit that fix the issue is is not needed. What's next? For the record here is the unneeded fix that I'm using. diff -Nraub linux.ori/block/partition-generic.c linux/block/partition-generic.c --- linux.ori/block/partition-generic.c 2020-06-09 16:59:24.000000000 -0400 +++ linux/block/partition-generic.c 2020-06-22 10:20:22.432854702 -0400 @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ struct hd_struct *part; int res; - if (bdev->bd_part_count || bdev->bd_openers > 1) + if (bdev->bd_part_count) return -EBUSY; res = invalidate_partition(disk, 0); if (res)