Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 May 2001 19:42:27 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: mount /dev/hdb2 /usr; swapon /dev/hdb2 keeps flooding |
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On Sun, 13 May 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > root@kama3:/home/szabi# cat /proc/mounts > > > /dev/hdb2 /usr ext2 rw 0 0 > > > root@kama3:/home/szabi# swapon /dev/hdb2 > > > > - Doctor, it hurts when I do it! > > - Don't do it, then. > > > > Just what behaviour had you expected? > > EBUSY would be somewhat nicer.
Probably. Try to convince Linus that we need such exclusion. All stuff needed to implement it is already there - see blkdev_open() for details. OTOH, as long as kernel itself survives that... In this case I can see the point in "give them enough rope" approach.
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