Re: [PATCH] fix writing to the filesystem after unmount

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Fri Sep 08 2023 - 08:01:45 EST


Hi!

> What I wanted to suggest is that we should provide means how to make sure
> block device is not being modified and educate admins and tool authors
> about them. Because just doing "umount /dev/sda1" and thinking this means
> that /dev/sda1 is unused now simply is not enough in today's world for
> multiple reasons and we cannot solve it just in the kernel.

It better be enough. And I'm pretty sure it is true in single-user
mode, or for usb sticks, or...

Simply fix the kernel. No need to re-educate anyone.


Pavel
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