Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: the umount() saga for regular linux desktop users | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:47:33 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 17:41 +0000, William wrote: > Hi > > I am a linux desktop user. I love linux and all the wonderfull > open-source/free software that comes with it... blah, blah, blah :). The > following comments and suggestions about umount() stem from personal > experience and are meant as friendly feedback for all you clever people. (I > wish I understook how the kernel works) > > Regularly, when attempting to umount() a filesystem I receive 'device is busy' > errors. The only way (that I have found) to solve these problems is to go on > a journey into processland and kill all the guilty ones that have tied > themselves to the filesystem concerned. > > In order to help solve this problem is it possible to modify the behaviour of > the linux kernel.
what you describe is almost like lazy umounting.. which I think comes quite close...
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