Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 May 2008 06:16:46 -0400 | From | Theodore Tso <> | Subject | Re: Top 10 bugs/warnings for the week of March 23rd, 2008 |
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On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:39:13AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > Exactly why is pulling an USB stick considered "stupid"? Last i checked > there was no physical lock preventing users from doing that. > > Sure, pulling a mounted USB stick is inconvenient ... for _us_ kernel > developers. But the user really doesnt care and shouldnt care.
Because they could lose data? Because if the kernel wakes up and tries writing to the USB stick right as they pull it out, it could physically damage the flash format? I know, stupid reason... :-)
I know, I know, it's an issue. If someone wants to look at it, great. It is on my todo list, but I've been doing a lot of travelling, and when you have only one laptop, and pulling USB sticks isn't the sort of thing you can do using UML or KVM, it tends to fall to the bottom of your list.
- Ted
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