Hi Greg :) On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 00:01, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My guess is that it is more complex than that. > > Some filesystems have issues if the raw drive is read while the > filesystem is mounted. I think it is caused by inconsistencies in the > various cache's. ie. iirc, At least in the 2.4 kernel there was not a > single unified cache for block layer and filesystems. So doing raw > reads of underlying device while it was mounted could cause the caches > to get out of sync. Oh, that issue? well, in that case, I have no prevent such thing...I was offering the previous idea since I have very little cues on what Prasad mean by "disabling access".... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
