[lvm-devel] [PATCH] Retry dm device removal if busy

[Jonathan Brassow]

Yes please!

All to often we come across this issue.  There are a number of bugs that are likely fixed by doing this change - even if it isn't academically perfect.

 brassow

On Sep 13, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Peter Rajnoha wrote:

> If a dm device is being opened in parallel while we're
> trying to remove it, we'll end up with an error that
> the device is busy. This is a legitimate error, but
> with udev in play and asynchronous events generated
> as a result of using the WATCH udev rule, we can get
> into a situation where such failure is very unpleasant.
> 
> Let's try the removal a few times then. Though this is
> not a complete solution to the problem, let's use this
> until we have one.
> 
> Peter

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