linux-kernel - Re: FAQ updated (was Re: XFS breakage...)

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Date:	Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:43:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>
To:	Nathan Scott <nathans@....com>
cc:	Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org>, David Greaves <david@...eaves.com>,
	Kasper Sandberg <lkml@...anurb.dk>,
	Torsten Landschoff <torsten@...ian.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com, ml@...og.se,
	radsaq@...il.com
Subject: Re: FAQ updated (was Re: XFS breakage...)



On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Nathan Scott wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 06:18:14PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>> Nathan,
>>
>> Does the bug only occur during a crash?
>
> No, its unrelated to crashing.  Only when adding/removing from a
> directory that is in a specific node/btree format (many entries),
> and only under a specific set of conditions (like what directory
> entry names were used, which blocks they've hashed to and how they
> ended up being allocated and in what order each block gets removed
> from the directory).
>
>> I have been running 2.6.17.x for awhile now (multiple XFS filesystems, all
>> on UPS) - no issue?
>
> Could be an issue, could be none.  xfs_check it to be sure.
>
> cheers.
>
> -- 
> Nathan
>
>

p34:~# xfs_check -v /dev/md3
xfs_check: out of memory
p34:~#

D'oh...

1GB ram, 2GB swap trying to check a 2.6T fs, no dice.

As long as it mounted ok with the patched kernel, should one be ok?
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