Bug#398373: RC class bug, dataloss grade, No 398373

[Andreas Barth]

* Josselin Mouette (joss at debian.org) [061128 12:36]:
> Le mardi 28 novembre 2006 à 12:30 +0100, Andreas Barth a écrit :
> > > FWIW, fixing this bug requires changes in the kernel.
> > 
> > Why that? AFAICR, umount must not return before not everything is
> > written down.
> 
> I don't think this is always the case.
> 
> Of course, if the applet is saying things are OK while umount is still
> running, this can be fixed in the applet, but I wonder whether this
> would be enough.

I wonder too. But the current state is definitly dangerous, but - many
investigations start with not knowing enough.


Cheers,
Andi
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