Hi Al, all, Please have a look at the command sequence below, does it look right to you? + M1=testmp1 + M2=testmp2 + SM=submount + mkdir -p testmp1 + mkdir -p testmp2 + mount none -t tmpfs testmp1 + mkdir -p testmp1/submount + mount none -t tmpfs testmp1/submount + strace -f -e trace=mount,umount mount testmp1 --rbind testmp2 mount("/dev/shm/testmp1", "/dev/shm/testmp2", 0x7fcd30b821e0, MS_MGC_VAL| MS_BIND|MS_REC, NULL) = 0 +++ exited with 0 +++ + strace -f -e trace=mount,umount umount -l testmp2 umount("/dev/shm/testmp2", MNT_DETACH) = 0 +++ exited with 0 +++ + mountpoint testmp1/submount testmp1/submount is not a mountpoint + echo nay nay + umount testmp2 umount: testmp2: not mounted + umount testmp1 + rmdir testmp1 + rmdir testmp2 rmdir: failed to remove `testmp2': Device or resource busy Previously unmounting the recursive bind target would not unmount the source, which to me looks like a more sensible outcome. However what could be causing this weird behaviour puzzles me since I am not sure it is purely the kernel on it's own. When I first hit this problem some months ago unfortunately I did not have the time to dig deeper. However a mental note remained that I thought, at the time, it is possible some userspace change was a contributing factor. Regards, Tvrtko -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html