From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261327AbVABUig (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:38:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261334AbVABUh7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:37:59 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:44560 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261328AbVABUgM (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:36:12 -0500 Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 21:36:10 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Pavel Machek Cc: luto@myrealbox.com, aebr@win.tue.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: the umount() saga for regular linux desktop users Message-ID: <20050102203610.GD4183@stusta.de> References: <20050102193724.GA18136@elf.ucw.cz> <20050102201147.GB4183@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050102201147.GB4183@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 09:11:47PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 08:37:24PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > Well, umount -l can be handy, but it does not allow you to get your CD > > back from the drive. > > > > umount --kill that kills whoever is responsible for filesystem being > > busy would solve part of the problem (that can be done in userspace, > > today). > >... > > What's wrong with > > fuser -k /mnt && umount /mnt >... I meant fuser -km /mnt && umount /mnt cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed