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Re: file corruption with arla
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derrick J Brashear)
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From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org>
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> > (4) Very often when there is no process using arla, it is not
> > possible to unmount it without rebooting the system.
>
> This is due to the caching done in the Linux 2.0 xfs module. Killing
> arlad should empty the cache, and thus release all refcounts on the
> inodes.
It doesn't always; I started tracking it about a month ago and then got
sidetracked.
-D
