From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263148AbTJPU2X (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:28:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263155AbTJPU2X (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:28:23 -0400 Received: from port-212-202-185-245.reverse.qdsl-home.de ([212.202.185.245]:19584 "EHLO gw.localnet") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263148AbTJPU2V (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:28:21 -0400 Message-ID: <3F8EFFEC.6010402@trash.net> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 22:30:36 +0200 From: Patrick McHardy User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20031010 Debian/1.4-6 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test7: XFS fills files with 0-bytes after crash References: <3F8EF3BB.6090602@trash.net> In-Reply-To: <3F8EF3BB.6090602@trash.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Apparently this is a known problem, no need for further replies. Thanks to the people who responded. Best regards, Patrick Patrick McHardy wrote: > I recently encountered a problem with XFS: while hacking on some > network stuff > I crashed my box multiple times. Every time I saved a file directly > before the crash > XFS filled the file with 0-bytes (I assume at recovery). The file size > was unchanged. > Syncing and waiting a couple of seconds before crashing the box > helped. To confirm > my network hacking didn't accidentally damage XFS data structures I > created a > module which does nothing more than dereferencing a NULL pointer in > softirq > context, the problem persisted. > > ver_linux: > > Gnu C 3.3.2 > Gnu make 3.80 > util-linux 2.12 > mount 2.12 > module-init-tools 0.9.15-pre2 > e2fsprogs 1.35-WIP > xfsprogs 2.5.11 > nfs-utils 1.0.5 > Linux C Library 2.3.2 > Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.3.2 > Procps 3.1.12 > Net-tools 1.60 > Console-tools 0.2.3 > Sh-utils 5.0.91 > Modules Loaded sch_hfsc iptable_filter ipt_MARK iptable_mangle > ip_tables cls_fw oprofile nfsd exportfs deflate zlib_deflate twofish > serpent aes blowfish des sha256 sha1 md5 af_key 8250 serial_core nfs > lockd sunrpc af_packet snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_ens1371 > snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_timer > snd_ac97_codec snd soundcore 8139too mii rtc unix > > xfsprogs 2.5.11-1 (debian) > > If more specific information is required please tell me .. > > Best regards, > Patrick