* [2.6.5, ext3] getdents reports files that stat says aren't there
@ 2004-05-17 19:39 felix-kernel
2004-05-17 20:07 ` Andreas Dilger
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From: felix-kernel @ 2004-05-17 19:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
I keep getting this effect on my ext3 file system.
Applications like ls call readdir, get long deleted files, then stat
them, and get ENOENT.
Most applications can handle this, but some report ugly errors or
warnings. I wonder: why does getdents report entries of deleted files?
I ran e2fsck on the partition, but it found nothing. So I guess it's
not a file system error. I have been seeing this for months now. It
does not actually hurt a lot, but I think it should be fixed
nonetheless.
Felix
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* Re: [2.6.5, ext3] getdents reports files that stat says aren't there
2004-05-17 19:39 [2.6.5, ext3] getdents reports files that stat says aren't there felix-kernel
@ 2004-05-17 20:07 ` Andreas Dilger
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From: Andreas Dilger @ 2004-05-17 20:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: felix-kernel; +Cc: linux-kernel
On May 17, 2004 21:39 +0200, felix-kernel@fefe.de wrote:
> I keep getting this effect on my ext3 file system.
> Applications like ls call readdir, get long deleted files, then stat
> them, and get ENOENT.
>
> Most applications can handle this, but some report ugly errors or
> warnings. I wonder: why does getdents report entries of deleted files?
> I ran e2fsck on the partition, but it found nothing. So I guess it's
> not a file system error. I have been seeing this for months now. It
> does not actually hurt a lot, but I think it should be fixed
> nonetheless.
Are you using htree/indexed directories?
dumpe2fs -h /dev/XXX | grep dir_index
will tell you.
Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/
http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/
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