From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from magic.merlins.org ([209.81.13.136]:52317 "EHLO mail1.merlins.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752278Ab2IQQTx (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:19:53 -0400 Received: from merlin by mail1.merlins.org with local (Exim 4.77 #2) id 1TDe36-000057-Pt for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:19:52 -0700 Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:19:52 -0700 From: Marc MERLIN To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Root dentry has weird name <> Message-ID: <20120917161952.GD18661@merlins.org> References: <20120914170912.GH19051@merlins.org> <20120917161753.GU17430@twin.jikos.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20120917161753.GU17430@twin.jikos.cz> Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 06:17:53PM +0200, David Sterba wrote: > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:09:12AM -0700, Marc MERLIN wrote: > > I only have btrfs on my laptop and just started getting this. > > Afaik, this is not directly related to btrfs. Search for the "Root > dentry has weird name" message and you'll see occurences from kernel > 3.0, 3.1. > > > I'm not too clear about whether it's in memory or on my filesystem somewhere. > > It's reflecting a in-memory state. > > > Can you recommend what I should do: reboot? fsck somehow? other? > > Reboot should help, also check for potential NFS problems, like > unreachable server. Thanks for your answer. I indeed should have searched that first instead of assuming it was btrfs related. I can also confirm that rebooting made the message go away. Thanks for your answer and sorry for posting to the wrong list. Marc -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. Microsoft is to operating systems .... .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/