From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: William <wh@designed4u.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: the umount() saga for regular linux desktop users
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:47:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1104515254.5402.35.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200412311741.02864.wh@designed4u.net>
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...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-31 17:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-31 17:41 the umount() saga for regular linux desktop users William
2004-12-31 17:47 ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]
2004-12-31 17:48 ` Ush
2004-12-31 18:22 ` Gene Heskett
2004-12-31 18:31 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2004-12-31 21:48 ` Tom Felker
2005-01-01 0:07 ` Gene Heskett
2004-12-31 17:50 ` Andries Brouwer
2005-01-01 19:40 ` Andy Lutomirski
2004-12-31 17:51 ` Gene Heskett
2005-01-16 4:39 ` Greg Stark
[not found] <fa.iji5lco.m6nrs@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.fv0gsro.143iuho@ifi.uio.no>
2005-01-02 12:38 ` Bodo Eggert
2005-01-02 20:27 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-01-03 0:37 ` Bodo Eggert
2005-01-02 22:43 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-01-04 20:28 ` Lee Revell
2005-01-05 2:12 ` Bodo Eggert
2005-01-02 19:37 Pavel Machek
2005-01-02 20:11 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-01-02 20:15 ` Pavel Machek
2005-01-02 20:34 ` Oliver Neukum
2005-01-02 20:51 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-01-02 20:56 ` Pavel Machek
2005-01-02 21:05 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-01-03 9:35 ` Frank van Maarseveen
2005-01-03 19:14 ` Ingo Oeser
2005-01-02 20:36 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-01-03 1:36 ` Puneet Vyas
2005-01-02 20:36 ` Andreas Schwab
[not found] <fa.foeqpaf.nlmd9n@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.d9avdr3.1jm46gr@ifi.uio.no>
2005-01-03 1:17 ` Bodo Eggert
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