linux-ext4 - Re: EXT3: filename duplicates

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Date:	Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:49:40 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Szabolcs Szakacsits <szaka@...s-3g.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: EXT3: filename duplicates

  Hello,

> When testing file creation performance we noticed that sometimes ext3 
> getdents64(2) lists some files twice. For instance after creating 
> filesnames from 1 to 1000000 in an empty directory:
> 
>  find | grep ./976253
>  ./976253
>  ./976253
> 
> This is 100% reproducible. Kernel is 2.6.25.5, x86_64.
> 
> Sorry if this was already known and fixed (couldn't find relevant info in 
> the archives, changelogs).
  2.6.28 and newer kernels should have this bug fixed.

									Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SuSE CR Labs
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