> Looks like this thread is dead. No one beside David Holland is > interested and David objects. I take back my proposal.
i'm very interested in this idea. > David wants to track information about threads running a vnode > operation from vnode_if.c. I have no idea how this could be done > without knowing file system implementation. > > David wants forced unmounts to work even if a thread gets stuck > permanently in a vnode operation. I don't see a way to safely > reclaim a vnode from a file system when this vnode is in use by > another thread. i think we should strive for this goal, even if we're not sure how to get there yet. but more importantly, your change seems to fix at least a large part of the problem and i think we should continue to consider it. .mrg.
