Re: bug in filesystem busy detection in 2.2.x?
Arvind Sankar (arvinds@mit.edu)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 14:56:19 -0400
On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 07:03:28PM +0100, Steve Dodd wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 12:37:24PM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
>
> > I have noticed several times with the 2.2.x series that filesystems are
> > reported busy even when no process has files open on that filesystem. Mostly
> > I notice this when shutting down the system, when the final umount fails
> > saying device is busy. This hasn't yet resulted in filesystem corruption.
>
> You've not got loop devices setup using files on the said filesystem?
> If you're having problems it's probably worth compiling in magic SysRq support
> so you can at least sync + mount r/o the relevant filesystems.
no loop devices. I did have a couple of knfsd exports. I have magic SysRq, but
init doesn't wait too long after the umount error before resetting.
-- arvind
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