Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:27:25 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Of removable devices |
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On 15 Feb 2000, Francis GALIEGUE wrote:
> Moreover, this situation is not very different from > opening a file on disk and deleting it in another window. The only > difference is that it'd be killed if the media is gone.
Yes, it is. Unlinked files are still there, still readable/writable/whatever. If you don't know this sort of basic things - pardon me when I'm sceptical about your suggestions regarding VFS.
> If well implemented, it needs no bad press, nor it needs press at all.
So where is your patch?
> > You missed one important thing: what to do with situation where system CAN > > NOT be correctly detached (that is floppy can not be easily ejected). One > > such situation is outlined above and it's just simples case ... > > And it has a simple solution: a forcible kill. After all, it's the > users's fault in this case. You know which processes use a file, if > this file doesn't exist *and* the device is "sloppy-mounted" and not > here -> SIGKILL.
And what about kernel data structures affected by this stuff?
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