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    SubjectRe: mount /dev/hdb2 /usr; swapon /dev/hdb2 keeps flooding


    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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