From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 27 5: 4:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from birch.ripe.net (birch.ripe.net [193.0.1.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B05DE37B405 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 05:04:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from laptop.6bone.nl (penguin.ripe.net [193.0.1.232]) by birch.ripe.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2RD40G00372; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:04:00 +0100 Received: (nullmailer pid 4299 invoked by uid 1000); Wed, 27 Mar 2002 11:29:57 -0000 Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:29:56 +0100 From: Mark Santcroos To: Ceri Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Pierre-Luc_Lesp=E9rance?= , Michael Lucas , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel panic: vm_object_reference Message-ID: <20020327122956.A434@laptop.6bone.nl> References: <20020326075045.B80675@blackhelicopters.org> <3CA14C4B.2F868703@videotron.ca> <20020327082850.GA3512@submonkey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020327082850.GA3512@submonkey.net>; from setantae@submonkey.net on Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 08:28:50AM +0000 X-Handles: MS6-6BONE, MS18417-RIPE Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Mark Santcroos RIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.ripe.net/home/mark/ New Projects Group/TTM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message