https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=421556 Summary: umount -f does not work as advertised Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Minor Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: jw@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- The manpage of umount says: -f Force unmount (in case of an unreachable NFS system). (Requires kernel 2.1.116 or later.) /mounts/dist was a stale NFS filehandle on my machine today. I used umount -f, and it came back with an error message. umount.nfs: /mounts/dist: device is busy I believe I also have a kernel later than 2.1.116 The reason for the error message is that some processes were trapped inside the mountpoint. The processes cannot continue as the mountpoint is unreachable (one of them is even un-killable), the mountpoint cannot be removed (and remounted) as the processes are still there. A second mount ontop of the stale mountpoint fails with a 'Stale NFS' message. Is there a solution for this problem? Is the manpage of umount promising too much? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.