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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:46:29 +0100 (CET)
From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
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To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Is an alternative module interface needed/possible? 
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Hi,

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Rusty Russell wrote:

> Yes, the addition of "umount -l" is congruent to "rmmod --wait".  The
> assumption is "I don't want any new users, and I'll handle any current
> ones".  You can get yourself in trouble with both of them.

With the small difference that "umount -l" won't deadlock.

bye, Roman

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