Re: ll_ver_fs data verification failure - 96TB fs

[Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>]

> ... 
> The code should  perhaps read something like this:
> 
>  		if ((nread = read(fd, chunk_buf, chunksize)) < 0) {
>  			fprintf(stderr, "\n%s: read %s+%llu failed: %s\n",
>  				progname, file, offset, strerror(errno));
>  			return 1;
>  		}
>                 if (nread < chunksize) {
>                         fprintf(stderr, "short read etc");
>                         /* or force the next read() to check for errors? */
>                         return 1;
>                 }
>  		if (verify_chunk(chunk_buf, chunksize, offset, time_st,
>  				 inode_st, file) != 0)
>  			return 1;
> 

... except that the write() side also does not deal with short writes,
and for a full run, the last file of the last directory will probably be
short even if no errors occur. In that case, the short read is not an
error.

Thanks,
Nick