Re: [RFC/PATCH] Nonotify - A simplistic way to determine directory content changes

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 08:54, Mathieu Lacage wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 19:21, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote:
> > Only one question remains.  Does nonotify require open fds?  I mean,
> > will it block cdrom ejection? =)
> 
> That is clearly the wrong question: there can be no relationship between
> open fds on a mounted cdrom and cdrom locking.

open fds of the underlying device don't block unmount as your example
shows. That is two different layers in the kernel. However, an open fd
for a file on a mount does keep the mount busy.

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