Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264367AbUFGJTs (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jun 2004 05:19:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264365AbUFGJTr (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jun 2004 05:19:47 -0400 Received: from webbox24.server-home.net ([195.137.212.20]:11431 "EHLO webbox24.server-home.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264367AbUFGJTk (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jun 2004 05:19:40 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Walter Hofmann Subject: Re: Possible bug: ext3 misreporting filesystem usage In-Reply-To: <22GWW-28x-43@gated-at.bofh.it> References: <22GWW-28x-43@gated-at.bofh.it> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:19:35 +0200 Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 937 Lines: 20 > I've been getting a possible bug after running my system a few weeks. The > ext3 partition's usage is being misreported. Right now, df -h says ive got > no space left, but according to du /, I'm only using 17 gigs of my 40 gig > drive. Restarting fixes the problem, so I'm thinking it might be some > mis-handled variable in memory, not something on the disc itself? And, yes, > I do know that du is right, not df, because I keep good track of my disc > usage. This is pretty serious, it killed a 40+ hour process that i'll have > to start over again from the beginning! I have seen this too. See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108549779731780&w=2 No replies yet. Walter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/