linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.21-git10/11: files getting truncated on xfs? or maybe an nlink problem?

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Date:	Sat, 12 May 2007 13:23:27 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
cc:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>, David Chinner <dgc@....com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.21-git10/11: files getting truncated on xfs? or maybe an
 nlink problem?


On May 10 2007 14:54, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>>>> What CPU architecture is this happening on? Not i686 with PAE by
>>>> any chance?
>>>>       
>>> Yes.  Why?
>>
>> I have a bug report where NFS files are corrupted only with PAE clients.
>> Corruption is at the end of the (newly untarred) files. Doesn't happen
>> without PAE.
>
>Hm, suggestive, but I'm not convinced.  Two differences to this situation:
>
>   1. Immediately after the clone ("untar"), the contents are completely
>      OK; it's only after a umount/mount cycle to problems appear

And if you do a "sync" rather than umount/mount?

>   2. There's no corruption as such; the files are just too short.  And
>      it seems they're at a previously OK length, not some random size.


	Jan
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