linux-ext4 - Re: Strange "rm -fr" issue

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Date:	Mon, 30 Dec 2013 09:10:14 +0100
From:	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Cc:	"linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Strange "rm -fr" issue

On 2013.12.29 at 11:47 -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> If you are able to reproduce this issue (extract the same tree and
> then try "rm -fr" again) please run this under strace to see how many
> entries are returned during readdir from the kernel.
> 
> It could be a bug in the ext4 readdir code or it could be a bug in
> glibc or coreutils. 

Unfortunately the issue is not reproducible and therefore impossible to
debug. I just thought to post it nevertheless, just to see if perhaps
someone else encounters the same problem.

-- 
Markus
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