Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:50:04 GMT From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/72119: Detaching USB Memory Stick w/o umount causes zombie devfs node Message-ID: <200503240050.j2O0o43p045607@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/72119; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Jonas Nagel <fireball@zerouptime.ch> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, Ian Dowse <iedowse@freebsd.org>, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: kern/72119: Detaching USB Memory Stick w/o umount causes zombie devfs node Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:47:18 -0800 Jonas Nagel wrote: >I don't understand how this is supposed to be a duplicate. The issue >might be similar but in my case, the OS does NOT crash. > >My issue lies within the devfs, where a zombie device node remains, >which has to be deleted and then recreated, while in the other case it's >a straight kernel panic. > >But you might have deeper insights into the issue within... > > I believe that the device node continues to exist until the dead mount is forcibly unmounted.. probably one for Poul-Henning (CC'd )
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