[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <471F8E10.3090403@wpkg.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:25:20 +0200
From: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@...g.org>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: james.ausmus@...il.com
Subject: Re: Possible 2.6.23 regression - Disappearing disk space
James Ausmus wrote:
> As a note - when I first see the issue, I have exactly 0 free space
> available on root, as per df - I then delete some random things in
> order to have enough free space to operate, which is why in my first
> df you see 55M available
Perhaps some program still uses some (deleted) files.
Here's how you can achieve a similar effect manually:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/file
And on another terminal:
# rm -f /file
Now watch your space decreasing with "df -h", although "the file was
deleted". Was it really?
# lsof -n|grep /file
dd 6406 root 1w REG 8,1 807791616
45 /file (deleted)
That said, you might want to use lsof and search for "deleted" before
concluding any further.
--
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Powered by blists - more mailing lists