Re: initrd: couldn't umount

Daniel Wagner
2001-08-17T10:48:59Z

Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > the problem is that a "rpciod" kernel-thread references the initrd,
> > and so umounting and freeing it, isn't possible.
> >
> > has anybody an idea how to fix this problem, cause it would be nice,
> > to free the initrd ram on a diskless node.
>
> It shouldnt be keeping a reference. daemonize() should have dropped its
> resources

hmm, i've now created a /initrd directory to let the the change_root of
the
initrd work correctly.

and then i looked with fuser, what processes reference the initrd:

---
root@ws4:~ $ fuser -mv /initrd/

USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/initrd/ root 67 .rc..
rpciod
---

only the rpciod references the initrd, none of the other
kernel-threads.

Regards,
Daniel

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