Re: [linux-usb] USB usage count?

[Alan Cox]

> I haven't really checked, but are we handling the case where a storage
> device is disconnected without the usual "sync"/"umount" cycle?  Is
> there a way for us to do this?  I notice that folks are working an the

None. We don't force all I/O to be synchronous. Neither btw does windows.
If you yank out a drive at the wrong moment scandisk will have fun with it

> automount portion, but I haven't seen discussion of unmounting.

Currently we assume drive locking works. CD for example we lock the drive
when we mount and unlock on umount. Obviously it doesnt help when the user
can pull the USB connector out


Alan


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