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

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Date:	Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:13:10 +1000
From:	Nathan Scott <nathans@....com>
To:	Kasper Sandberg <lkml@...anurb.dk>,
	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>,
	Torsten Landschoff <torsten@...ian.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: FAQ updated (was Re: XFS breakage...)

On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 12:21:08PM +0200, Kasper Sandberg wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 08:57 +1000, Nathan Scott wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 12:29:41AM +0200, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
> > > 
> > > Jul 17 07:33:53 pulsar kernel: xfs_da_do_buf: bno 16777216
> > > Jul 17 07:33:53 pulsar kernel: dir: inode 54526538
> > 
> > I suspect you had some residual directory corruption from using the
> > 2.6.17 XFS (which is known to have a lurking dir2 corruption issue,
> > fixed in the latest -stable point release).

Correction there - no -stable exists with this yet, I guess that'll
be 2.6.17.7 once its out though.

> what action do you suggest i do now?

I've captured the state of this issue here, with options and ways
to correct the problem:
	http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html#dir2

Hope this helps.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan
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