Re: [PATCH] [g_mass_storage] Fix unmount problem with OS-X

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On 05/23/2012 10:56 AM, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> On Wed, 23 May 2012 10:44:09 -0700, Russ Dill <Russ.Dill@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> If a very popular OS is sending 'eject' to removable
>> media when the user instructs it to unmount, I'm pretty sure the user
>> still wants it to function when they unplug the device and then go plug
>> it in somewhere else.
>
> Problem with trying and fix everybody's bugs is that the fix may break
> code that uses the module properly.
>
> For instance, what the code does is never closes the file which means
> that after an eject, the file system on the device that holds the file
> cannot be unmounted.  I can imagine that someone might have a use case
> where this is an issue.
>

That would really only make sense if the file got released when the
cable got unplugged too.
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