Re: [PATCH] Can't unmount bad inode

> > This patch fixes a problem when a inode which is the root of a mount > > becomes bad (make_bad_inode()). In this case follow_link will return > > -EIO, so the name resolution fails, and umount won't work. The > > solution is just to remove the follow_link method from bad_inode_ops. > > Any fi

Re: [PATCH] Can't unmount bad inode

On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 10:20:51PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > Andrew, > > This patch fixes a problem when a inode which is the root of a mount > becomes bad (make_bad_inode()). In this case follow_link will return > -EIO, so the name resolution fails, and umount won't work. The > solution is

[PATCH] Can't unmount bad inode

Andrew, This patch fixes a problem when a inode which is the root of a mount becomes bad (make_bad_inode()). In this case follow_link will return -EIO, so the name resolution fails, and umount won't work. The solution is just to remove the follow_link method from bad_inode_ops. Any filesystem op