linux-ext4 - Re: No space left on device after many files creation

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Date:	Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:28:56 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	cy6erGn0m <cy6ergn0m@...il.com>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: No space left on device after many files creation

cy6erGn0m wrote:
> I have found issue with ext4 partition.
> I created many many empty files with the following way:
> [cy6ergn0m@...achine heap]$ seq 1 10000000 | xargs touch
> 
> But this command crashes asfter a while with a error 'no space left on
> device'. At the same time, df -h shows that I have 7Gb free on this file
> system. So, I can't create any file in any directory at this filesystem.
> 
> [cy6ergn0m@...achine heap]$ pwd
> /e4/sandbox/heap
> [cy6ergn0m@...achine heap]$ ls -1 | wc -l
> 1261144
> [cy6ergn0m@...achine heap]$ df -h /e4
> Файловая система      Разм  Исп  Дост  Исп% смонтирована на
> (filesystem/size/used/available/used%/mounted)
> /dev/sda4              28G  7.2G   19G  28% /e4

try df -i

There is a limited number of inodes that you can create, as set
at mkfs time.

-Eric

> [cy6ergn0m@...achine heap]$ touch ttt
> touch: невозможно выполнить touch для `ttt': На устройстве кончилось место
> (touch: failed to execute touch for 'ttt': No space left on device)
> 
> 

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