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    SubjectRe: the umount() saga for regular linux desktop users
    On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:41:02 +0000, William <wh@designed4u.net> wrote:

    > Regularly, when attempting to umount() a filesystem I receive 'device is busy'
    > errors. The only way (that I have found) to solve these problems is to go on
    > a journey into processland and kill all the guilty ones that have tied
    > themselves to the filesystem concerned.

    Even a lazy umount doesn't work? "umount -l <filesystem-name>"

    > In my opinion, in order for linux to be trully user friendly, "a umount()
    > should NEVER fail" (even if the device containing the filesystem is no
    > longuer attached to the system). The kernel should do it's best to satisfy
    > the umount request and cleanup. Maybe the kernel could try some of the
    > following:

    Would it be user-friendly if this forcible umount caused the user to lose data?

    Oisin
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