linux-ext4 - Re: Filesystem still has errors

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Date:	Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:36:15 -0600
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Raimund Andersen <anderse@....de>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Filesystem still has errors

Raimund Andersen wrote:
> Eric Sandeen <sandeen <at> redhat.com> writes:
> 
>> You should expect that checking a live filesystem will produce errors,
>> actually.  So don't worry about that.  The filesystem is not quiesced,
>> and it's not consistent.  That is to be expected, and it's why you see
>> the different behavior w/ forcefsck vs. e2fsck -n on the live fs.
>>
>> As for the spurious ENOSPC, I'm not certain.  Do you still get the error?
> 
> Thanks for your quick reply. No, at the moment, I don't get it. Yesterday, it
> occured once and a reboot let it vanish, and I got it some days before. Also
> then, a reboot let it disappear. So could it be of help if I collect any
> information in the case it might reappear? What exactly should I do then?

If you can, I'd test a 2.6.29-rc4 kernel, see if the very latest code is
behaving any better...

-Eric

> Thank you, once again.
> 
> rgds Raimund

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