linux-kernel - Re: torrent hash failures since 3.9.0-rc1

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Message-ID: <20130312082854.GA1515@panda>
Date:	Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:28:54 +0100
From:	Sander <sander@...ilis.net>
To:	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: torrent hash failures since 3.9.0-rc1

Markus Trippelsdorf wrote (ao):
> On 2013.03.11 at 16:37 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > We actually run fsx in a number of different configruations as part of
> > our regression testing before we send Linus a pull request, and
> > haven't found any issues.  So unless it's a hardware problem, it seems
> > unlikely to me that your running fsx would turn up anything.
> 
> Yes, I let it run for a while anyway and it didn't report any failure.

> Please note that my local rtorrent version was configured with
> "--with-posix-fallocate".

Would it be possible to enhance fsx to detect such an issue?

	Sander
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