> Tigran Aivazian had a patch for doing a forced unmount.
> It will solve your problem.
> You can check whether he has a patch for the kernel you
> are using.
>
here it is:
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/Makefile linux-2.4.7-vmfs/fs/Makefile
--- linux/fs/Makefile Tue May 22 17:35:42 2001
+++ linux-2.4.7-vmfs/fs/Makefile Mon Jul 23 19:34:10 2001
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
subdir-$(CONFIG_REISERFS_FS) += reiserfs
subdir-$(CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS) += devpts
subdir-$(CONFIG_SUN_OPENPROMFS) += openpromfs
+subdir-y += badfs
obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT) += binfmt_aout.o
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/badfs/Makefile linux-2.4.7-vmfs/fs/badfs/Makefile
--- linux/fs/badfs/Makefile Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970
+++ linux-2.4.7-vmfs/fs/badfs/Makefile Mon Jul 23 19:34:10 2001
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#
+# Makefile for badfs filesystem.
+#
+
+O_TARGET := badfs.o
+obj-y := inode.o
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/Rules.make
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/badfs/inode.c linux-2.4.7-vmfs/fs/badfs/inode.c
--- linux/fs/badfs/inode.c Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970
+++ linux-2.4.7-vmfs/fs/badfs/inode.c Mon Jul 23 19:34:10 2001
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+/*
+ * badfs - the Bad Filesystem
+ *
+ * Author - Tigran Aivazian <tigran@veritas.com>
+ *
+ * Thanks to:
+ * Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>, for useful comments.
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPL.
+ *
+ * The badfs filesystem is used by forced umount ('umount -f' command)
+ * to move inodes that keep the filesystem being umounted busy to it.
+ *
+ * The entry point into this module is via quiesce_filesystem() called
+ * from fs/super.c:do_umount() if MNT_FORCE is passed.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+
+#define BADFS_MAGIC 0xBADF5001
+
+static struct super_block *badfs_read_super(struct super_block *,void *,int);
+
+#define FS_FLAGS_BADFS (FS_NOMOUNT | FS_SINGLE)
+static DECLARE_FSTYPE(badfs_fs_type,"badfs",badfs_read_super,FS_FLAGS_BADFS);
+
+static struct vfsmount *badfs_mnt; /* returned by kern_mount() */
+static struct super_block *badfs_sb; /* badfs_mnt->mnt_sb */
+static struct dentry *badfs_root; /* badfs_sb->s_root */
+
+static int __init init_badfs_fs(void)
+{
+ int err = register_filesystem(&badfs_fs_type);
+
+ if (!err) {
+ badfs_mnt = kern_mount(&badfs_fs_type);
+ if (IS_ERR(badfs_mnt)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(badfs_mnt);
+ unregister_filesystem(&badfs_fs_type);
+ } else {
+ badfs_sb = badfs_mnt->mnt_sb;
+ err = 0;
+ }
+ }
+ return err;
+}
+
+module_init(init_badfs_fs)
+
+static struct inode *badfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, int mode)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = get_empty_inode();
+
+ if (inode) {
+ make_bad_inode(inode);
+ inode->i_sb = sb;
+ inode->i_dev = sb->s_dev;
+ inode->i_mode = mode;
+ inode->i_nlink = 1;
+ inode->i_size = 0;
+ inode->i_blocks = 0;
+ }
+ return inode;
+}
+
+/* VFS ->read_super() method */
+static struct super_block *badfs_read_super(struct super_block * sb,
+ void * data, int silent)
+{
+ static struct super_operations badfs_ops = {};
+ struct inode * root = badfs_get_inode(sb, S_IFDIR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
+
+ if (!root)
+ return NULL;
+ sb->s_blocksize = 1024;
+ sb->s_blocksize_bits = 10;
+ sb->s_magic = BADFS_MAGIC;
+ sb->s_op = &badfs_ops;
+ badfs_root = sb->s_root = d_alloc(NULL,
+ &(const struct qstr){ "bad:", 5, 0});
+ if (!badfs_root) {
+ iput(root);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ sb->s_root->d_sb = sb;
+ sb->s_root->d_parent = sb->s_root;
+ d_instantiate(sb->s_root, root);
+ return sb;
+}
+
+static void disable_pwd(struct fs_struct *fs)
+{
+ struct inode *inode;
+ struct dentry *dentry;
+
+ inode = badfs_get_inode(badfs_sb, S_IFDIR|0755);
+ if (!inode) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "disable_pwd(): can't allocate inode\n");
+ return;
+ }
+ dentry = d_alloc(badfs_root, &(const struct qstr){"dead_pwd", 8, 0});
+ if (!dentry) {
+ iput(inode);
+ printk(KERN_ERR "disable_pwd(): can't allocate dentry\n");
+ return;
+ }
+ d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+ dget(dentry);
+ set_fs_pwd(fs, badfs_mnt, dentry);
+}
+
+static void disable_root(struct fs_struct *fs)
+{
+ struct inode *inode;
+ struct dentry *dentry;
+
+ inode = badfs_get_inode(badfs_sb, S_IFDIR|0755);
+ if (!inode) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "disable_root(): can't allocate inode\n");
+ return;
+ }
+ dentry = d_alloc(badfs_root, &(const struct qstr){"dead_root", 9, 0});
+ if (!dentry) {
+ iput(inode);
+ printk(KERN_ERR "disable_root(): can't allocate dentry\n");
+ return;
+ }
+ d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+ dget(dentry);
+ set_fs_root(fs, badfs_mnt, dentry);
+}
+
+/* called from do_umount() if MNT_FORCE is specified */
+void quiesce_filesystem(struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+ struct task_struct *p;
+ struct file *file;
+ struct inode *inode;
+
+ /* we do three passes through the task list, examining:
+ * 1. p->fs{->pwd,root} that can keep this mnt busy
+ * 2. p->files, i.e. open files (we do_close them)
+ * 3. p->mm, i.e. mmaped files (we simply do_munmap them)
+ * There is no guarantee that by the time we restart the loop
+ * the amount of work to do in the loop has not increased.
+ */
+repeat1:
+ read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+ for_each_task(p) {
+ struct fs_struct *fs;
+
+ /* get a reference to p->fs */
+ task_lock(p);
+ fs = p->fs;
+ if (!fs) {
+ task_unlock(p);
+ continue;
+ } else
+ atomic_inc(&fs->count);
+ task_unlock(p);
+
+ if (fs->pwdmnt == mnt) {
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ disable_pwd(fs); /* may sleep */
+ put_fs_struct(fs);
+ goto repeat1;
+ }
+ if (fs->rootmnt == mnt) {
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ disable_root(fs); /* may sleep */
+ put_fs_struct(fs);
+ goto repeat1;
+ }
+ put_fs_struct(fs);
+ }
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+repeat2:
+ read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+ for_each_task(p) {
+ unsigned int fd, j = 0;
+ struct files_struct *files;
+
+ /* get a reference to p->files */
+ task_lock(p);
+ files = p->files;
+ if (!files) {
+ task_unlock(p);
+ continue;
+ } else {
+ atomic_inc(&files->count);
+ write_lock(&files->file_lock);
+ }
+ task_unlock(p);
+
+ /* check if this process has open files here */
+ while (1) {
+ unsigned long set;
+
+ fd = j * __NFDBITS;
+ if (fd >= files->max_fdset || fd >= files->max_fds)
+ break;
+ set = files->open_fds->fds_bits[j++];
+ while (set) {
+ if (set & 1) {
+ file = files->fd[fd];
+ if (file) {
+ inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+ if (inode && (file->f_vfsmnt==mnt)) {
+ files->fd[fd] = NULL;
+ FD_CLR(fd, files->close_on_exec);
+ __put_unused_fd(files, fd);
+ write_unlock(&files->file_lock);
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ put_files_struct(files);
+ filp_close(file, files);
+ goto repeat2;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ fd++;
+ set >>= 1;
+ }
+ }
+ write_unlock(&files->file_lock);
+ put_files_struct(files);
+ }
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+repeat3:
+ read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+ for_each_task(p) {
+ struct mm_struct *mm;
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+
+ /* get a reference to p->mm */
+ task_lock(p);
+ mm = p->mm;
+ if (!mm) {
+ task_unlock(p);
+ continue;
+ } else
+ atomic_inc(&mm->mm_users);
+ task_unlock(p);
+
+ /* check for mmap'd files and unmap them */
+ spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+ for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma=vma->vm_next) {
+ file = vma->vm_file;
+ if (!file)
+ continue;
+ inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
+ if (!inode || !inode->i_sb)
+ continue;
+ if (file->f_vfsmnt == mnt) {
+ spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ do_munmap(mm, vma->vm_start,
+ vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
+ up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ mmput(mm);
+ goto repeat3;
+ }
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+ mmput(mm);
+ }
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+}
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/super.c linux-2.4.7-vmfs/fs/super.c
--- linux/fs/super.c Thu Jun 14 22:16:58 2001
+++ linux-2.4.7-vmfs/fs/super.c Mon Jul 23 19:34:10 2001
@@ -1090,6 +1109,9 @@
return retval;
}
+ if (flags&MNT_FORCE)
+ quiesce_filesystem(mnt);
+
spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
if (mnt->mnt_instances.next != mnt->mnt_instances.prev) {
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/include/linux/fs.h linux-2.4.7-vmfs/include/linux/fs.h
--- linux/include/linux/fs.h Fri Jul 20 20:52:18 2001
+++ linux-2.4.7-vmfs/include/linux/fs.h Mon Jul 23 19:34:10 2001
@@ -1372,6 +1374,8 @@
extern kdev_t ROOT_DEV;
extern char root_device_name[];
+/* fs/badfs/inode.c - used by forced umount */
+extern void quiesce_filesystem(struct vfsmount *);
extern void show_buffers(void);
extern void mount_root(void);
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