[frameworks-solid] [Bug 453894] Disk can be ejected while files on it are still being read from or written to

[Nate Graham]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453894

Nate Graham <nate at kde.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Eject Symbol next to mount  |Disk can be ejected while
                   |drives can lead to          |files on it are still being
                   |unexpected behaviour.       |read from or written to
          Component|Places                      |general
         Resolution|WAITINGFORINFO              |---
             Status|NEEDSINFO                   |CONFIRMED
           Assignee|kio-bugs-null at kde.org       |lukas at kde.org
            Product|frameworks-kio              |frameworks-solid
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
                 CC|                            |kde at privat.broulik.de

--- Comment #6 from Nate Graham <nate at kde.org> ---
Thanks for the info!

If we asked for confirmation before unmounting, it would drive people crazy. If
we did it anyway and gave the the dialog a "don't ask again" checkbox to avoid
driving people crazy, everyone would click it and then become vulnerable to the
issue you're describing.

I agree with you that the app in question has a critical data loss bug that
should be fixed, but in addition, if the user attempts to unomunt a disk while
files on it are being accessed, the system is supposed to notice this and block
it. And that works for me. If it's not working in this case, that's a bug that
we can and should fix so that one-click unmounting isn't dangerous. :) That's
the path forward here.

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