Re: Patch to fix panic when detaching a mounted md device

2001-03-13 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dima Dorfman writes: : Right now, if you try to detach an md device that's currently mounted, : you will get a panic (maybe not immedietely, but it will come, esp. if : you ever try to use that mountpoint again). I'm pretty sure this is a : known problem, with the

Re: Patch to fix panic when detaching a mounted md device

2001-03-13 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dima Dorfman write s: Hello -hackers Right now, if you try to detach an md device that's currently mounted, you will get a panic (maybe not immedietely, but it will come, esp. This is intentional, I want md(4) to mimic the behaviour of "real" disks as closely as

Re: Patch to fix panic when detaching a mounted md device

2001-03-13 Thread Warner Losh
In message 5663.984480931@critter Poul-Henning Kamp writes: : In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dima Dorfman write : s: : Hello -hackers : : Right now, if you try to detach an md device that's currently mounted, : you will get a panic (maybe not immedietely, but it will come, esp. : : This is

Re: Patch to fix panic when detaching a mounted md device

2001-03-13 Thread Soren Schmidt
It seems Warner Losh wrote: In message 8773.984501263@critter Poul-Henning Kamp writes: : We should then fix the rest of the system to deal with disks that : disappear without notice. : : That was the point yes :-) Cool. When this happens, the forgetful ata flash ejectors of the world

Re: Patch to fix panic when detaching a mounted md device

2001-03-13 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Soren Schmidt writes: : This all needed the patch to subr_disk.c that I made earlier today, : but now we can actually do it, however some of the cleanup action : should be done by the higher levels and not by the device driver... Most of the crashes I've seen are in

Re: Patch to fix panic when detaching a mounted md device

2001-03-13 Thread Soren Schmidt
It seems Warner Losh wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Soren Schmidt writes: : This all needed the patch to subr_disk.c that I made earlier today, : but now we can actually do it, however some of the cleanup action : should be done by the higher levels and not by the device driver...

Re: Patch to fix panic when detaching a mounted md device

2001-03-13 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Soren Schmidt writes: : It seems Warner Losh wrote: : In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Soren Schmidt writes: : : This all needed the patch to subr_disk.c that I made earlier today, : : but now we can actually do it, however some of the cleanup action : : should be

Re: Patch to fix panic when detaching a mounted md device

2001-03-13 Thread John Baldwin
On 13-Mar-01 Warner Losh wrote: In message 5663.984480931@critter Poul-Henning Kamp writes: : In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dima Dorfman : write : s: : Hello -hackers : : Right now, if you try to detach an md device that's currently mounted, : you will get a panic (maybe not immedietely, but

Patch to fix panic when detaching a mounted md device

2001-03-12 Thread Dima Dorfman
Hello -hackers Right now, if you try to detach an md device that's currently mounted, you will get a panic (maybe not immedietely, but it will come, esp. if you ever try to use that mountpoint again). I'm pretty sure this is a known problem, with the solution--or workaround--being, "then don't