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Timeline for umount: device is busy. Why?

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Apr 26, 2024 at 21:16 comment added u_Ltd. @bparker I attached the loop again with kpartx -av, then detached it with kpartx -d, then it was gone.
Oct 10, 2021 at 19:26 comment added bparker I also had a stale loop0, but losetup -d /dev/loop0 would NOT actually detach it. running -a still showed it there; never got it to go away.
Sep 13, 2019 at 11:53 comment added P.Péter +1 for mentioning swap files, they do block unmounting, and are pretty much undetectable if you are not checking them directly.
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S Apr 3, 2014 at 14:38 history suggested n611x007 CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jun 25, 2012 at 13:39 comment added w00t All 924 days uptime means is that you need to update your kernel patches :-)
Apr 7, 2012 at 17:52 history answered ZakW CC BY-SA 3.0