Hi :) On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 21:13, Ravishankar <cyberax82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > When we unmount a file system with the umount command or the umount() system > call, does the kernel sync the dirty buffers before the file system is > unmounted? Yep, it flushes them. But i forget the exact code path, since last time I checked it, it was in 2.4.x -- 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