Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753011AbYJBA4W (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:56:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751642AbYJBA4O (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:56:14 -0400 Received: from sandeen.net ([209.173.210.139]:28804 "EHLO sandeen.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751384AbYJBA4O (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:56:14 -0400 Message-ID: <48E41C2D.1060409@sandeen.net> Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:56:13 -0500 From: Eric Sandeen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Macintosh/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tobias Frost , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, debian-arm@lists.debian.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: XFS filesystem corruption on the arm(el) architecture References: <1222893502.5020.40.camel@moria> <20081002004556.GB30001@disturbed> In-Reply-To: <20081002004556.GB30001@disturbed> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1640 Lines: 41 Dave Chinner wrote: > Adding xfs@oss.sgi.com to the cc list so all the XFS folk see this. > > On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 10:38:22PM +0200, Tobias Frost wrote: >> (Note: Please CC me, as I am NOT on the lkml!!) >> >> Some time ago, I discovered some problems with xfs. Unfortunatly, I had >> no time diving into it. However, some weeks ago some other people >> running debian on ARM machines confirmed the problem on their machines >> starting at [1], so I think it is appropitate to at least report it. >> It has also been seen on 2.6.27-rc4 [2]. >> >> summary: the xfs partition corrupts almost immediatly after creation. I >> had the impression, that the first unlink (rm) causes the corruption, >> but this might be just an impression. >> >> During the tests I made, I conserved a image of the corrupted filesystem >> which I can make available on request (it's 26 Mbyte, gzipped). >> >> Please let me know how I can assist you in finding the problem. >> >> >> [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2008/08/msg00155.html >> [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2008/08/msg00184.html >> >> Best regards, >> Tobias Frost >> http://blog.coldtobi.de >> >> PS: Thank you for your great work! At one point there were other patches floating around to "fix" arm which were not correct. Are these problems seen on a pristine 2.6.27-rc4 kernel, or with other special arm patches applied? -Eric -- 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/