From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Jim Carter <jimc@math.ucla.edu>
Cc: autofs mailing list <autofs@linux.kernel.org>,
Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Subject: Re: [patch] buffer overflow, failure to auto-dismount, log file diarrhea
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 12:17:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FFF0C48.6020908@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0401091118050.9335@simba.math.ucla.edu>
Jim Carter wrote:
>
>>A kill -9 on the blocked process needs further investigation. I'm not sure
>>what the situation is there (probably not good).
>
> I would really like it if, when autofs decided to forcibly unmount, it
> could kill the using processes, as in "fuser -k -m /net/host/mountpoint".
> Actually this is a general issue for unmount(8), not specific to autofs.
> But one wonders whether fuser is going to run wild...
>
How on the face of planet Earth do you expect autofs should ever take
such a drastic action? This could only by a human deciding to do so,
and if so, it's not an issue for autofs, as long as human umounts are
properly handled (they should be.)
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-09 20:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-21 18:56 [patch] buffer overflow, failure to auto-dismount, log file diarrhea Jim Carter
2003-11-22 8:20 ` Ian Kent
2003-11-26 18:39 ` Jim Carter
2003-11-27 14:08 ` Ian Kent
2004-01-01 13:12 ` Ian Kent
2004-01-01 22:49 ` Jim Carter
2004-01-02 0:35 ` Ian Kent
2004-01-03 1:03 ` Jim Carter
2004-01-03 3:47 ` Ian Kent
2004-01-09 19:58 ` Jim Carter
2004-01-09 20:17 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2004-01-09 21:11 ` Jim Carter
2004-01-10 5:09 ` Ian Kent
2004-01-09 21:27 ` Mike Waychison
2004-01-09 21:43 ` Jim Carter
2004-01-09 22:00 ` Mike Waychison
2004-01-10 5:06 ` Ian Kent
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