Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754758AbXJZTOV (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:14:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750798AbXJZTOM (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:14:12 -0400 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.185]:22958 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750744AbXJZTOL (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:14:11 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MgJJ31lORY/5iWviuO38U/oA4ivum9m+HydJyb0aJURiW9VduSG0BjJaixi3+2VOpCz98VdrvGQADbu5doYL3+7F4bG/nXLPaJiOPLkvhFCsn77bIDZ32a4/imi5Cw1uRw5G2n4TXsrjSKiFIhf949PAsY1mcX47qd1F5Y0Ujz0= Message-ID: Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:14:08 -0700 From: "James Ausmus" To: "Bill Davidsen" Subject: Re: Possible 2.6.23 regression - Disappearing disk space Cc: linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <472138D3.8090203@tmr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <472138D3.8090203@tmr.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2001 Lines: 44 On 10/25/07, Bill Davidsen wrote: > James Ausmus wrote: > > Since updating my laptop to 2.6.23, occasionally all of my free disk > > space on my root partition will just go away, with no files accounting > > for the space, with no odd messages in dmesg or my syslog. If I > > reboot, I immediately have the proper amount of free space again. Here > > is the output of a du -sx * on /, and the output of the df command > > when the problem is occuring, followed by the same info after a fresh > > reboot (literally just did the command in the failed state, then > > immediately rebooted and ran the same commands again) - any thoughts > > as to what might be happening? > > > Clearly some process is still using a deleted file. However, if it > doesn't happen with 2.6.22.x kernels, it would seem fall under the > category of regression, in the "used to work" sense. Before going > further you may want to be really sure that an older kernel doesn't do > this, so no one wastes time on a non-problem. > > Assuming the older kernel works fine, it's possible that some new > behavior of the kernel as causing a process to misbehave, and step one > is to use lsof and try to find the process. It's possible that "top" > might be useful, although whatever is using the disk space may just be > lurking. > OK, false alarm, this is definitely a userpsace (or a user... :) problem - had a 12GB .xsession-errors file that I had deleted but was still being held open - now I just have to determine why I have a 12GB .xsession-errors file... :( Thanks for the help all! -James > -- > Bill Davidsen > "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from > the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot > - 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/