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Date:      Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:29:56 +0100
From:      Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>
To:        Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net>
Cc:        =?iso-8859-1?Q?Pierre-Luc_Lesp=E9rance?= <oksala@videotron.ca>, Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel panic: vm_object_reference
Message-ID:  <20020327122956.A434@laptop.6bone.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20020327082850.GA3512@submonkey.net>; from setantae@submonkey.net on Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 08:28:50AM %2B0000
References:  <E16pmFN-0006U5-00@storage.ukr.net> <20020326075045.B80675@blackhelicopters.org> <3CA14C4B.2F868703@videotron.ca> <20020327082850.GA3512@submonkey.net>

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On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 08:28:50AM +0000, Ceri wrote:
> > > Forcibly unmounting a file system that is in use will panic your
> > > system.   It's not exactly a bug, it's just how it works.  :)
> > > 
> > I don't agree. I know this is a little "foolproof" programming
> > but I should return something like busy FS
> 
> How would that be different from not forcing it ?

That (or something similar) should be returned to the process accessing 
the unmounted fs, not the umount itself.

Mark

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