Re: Does unmount() sync dirty buffers

Hi :) On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 21:13, Ravishankar <cyberax82@gmail.com> 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