[Yaffs] yaffs kill_sb function and umount error
Brad Beveridge
bbeveridge@bluewatersys.com
Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:25:32 +1300
I have also made this change in my yaffs tree. Though the reason I made
it was to support a removable nand device. Without calling
kill_block_super, the MTD block device system wouldn't rmmod cleanly.
I posted here about the change & more details about my situation a few
weeks ago.
Brad
Frank Rowand wrote:
> When I umount a yaffs file system on linux 2.6.9, I get the error:
>
> VFS: Busy inodes after unmount. Self-destruct in 5 seconds. Have a
> nice day...
>
>
> In yaffs/yaffs_fs.c, I changed the .kill_sb function from
> kill_litter_super() to kill_block_super(). This made the symptom
> of the error message disappear.
>
> This area of the kernel is not my area of expertise - this was
> not a fully informed fix, but more of a stab in the dark. Can
> anyone provide advice on whether this is a good way to fix the
> problem or whether a different approach would be more correct?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Frank
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