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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: knfsd umount problem (CDROM)
From:       "G. Allen Morris III" <gam3 () ann ! ixlabs ! com>
Date:       1999-04-30 20:04:25
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The export makes the device busy.  Look at /proc/fs/nfs/exports.
Unexport the cdrom and then you sould be able to unmount it.

>>>Steffen Rheinhold said:
 > Hello,
 > 
 > I have a 2.2.6 server with knfsd and a 2.0.35 client. When I NFS mount the
 > CDROM of the server and unmount it again, I can not unmount the CDROM
 > locally at the server. I get a "device busy" error. The /var/lib/nfs/rmtab
 > gets cleared correctly, so this can't be the problem. I use mount V2.8a. 

NFS is stateless, so the server assumes that there are open files on
any filesystem that is exported (and holds a dentry for it).

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       G. Allen Morris III

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