On 10 April 2018 at 19:58, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com> wrote: > You can't unmount the file system --- that requires writing out all of the > pages > such that the dirty bit is turned off.
I always wondered why Linux didn't implement umount -f. It's been in BSD since forever and it's a major annoyance that it's missing in Linux. Even without leaking memory it still leaks other resources, causes confusion and awkward workarounds in UI and automation software. -- greg
