From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nikolaos Korkakakis Subject: Re: reiser4 and the overnet command line client Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:48:17 +0300 Message-ID: <493526a2040923064812427552@mail.gmail.com> References: <20040923104611.GA31987@banana> <1095944890.6117.19.camel@tribesman.namesys.com> Reply-To: Nikolaos Korkakakis Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <1095944890.6117.19.camel@tribesman.namesys.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Vladimir Saveliev Cc: neenee , reiserfs-list@namesys.com On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:08:11 +0400, Vladimir Saveliev wrote: > Hello > > > > On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 14:46, neenee wrote: > > hi there. > > > > from last night, till this morning, my system was copying files to and fro, > > since i chose to switch from reiser4 to xfs. > > > > my reason was not that i did not enjoy using the filesystem, or that i had > > major problems with it. > > > > it's just that i enjoy trying out different kernel patches, such as con > > koliva's ck-patchset, and since this patch is sometimes based on a vanilla > > kernel, i had to patch in reiser4 myself, which lately did not work well > > at all. > > > > so, i decided to switch to another filesystem. xfs was what i selected. > > > > switching went without a hitch. > > > > but i'll skip some of the pleasantries, and move on to my reason for posting > > on this mailing-list. > > > > i suspect there is a sync-problem with reiser4, or at least a feature with > > which not all programs are compatible yet. > > > > i am a frequent user of peer-to-peer clients, amongst which is the overnet > > command line client, which i control using a gui. > > > > when i was using reiser4, i had a problem with this client: > > > > when i started a download, it would create temporary files. downloading > > went fine as long as i kept the client running. but when i closed the client, > > either to reboot to update my kernel to the lateset ck-patchset version or > > to just play some online game with an acceptable ping, and restarted the > > client again when i was done with that, downloads would not resume; > > > > it was as if the downloads were never started. i checked the temp dir of > > the overnet client, and the temp files were there. but they were not used. > > restarting the same downloads would just create new temp files and closing > > the client would make those new downloads vanish from everywhere except the > > temp dir. > > > > i asked around and checked the overnet forums, but no one else had this > > problem. i gave up on overnet after a bit, and moved on to other things. > > > > this morning, after the switch to xfs, i tried overnet again, because i had > > a thought that there might be something with how reiser4 synced to disk less > > than other filesystems (at least, that's what i think it does). > > > > to my surprise, overnet worked fine now; the temp files were used after re- > > starting the client. > > > > now, i'm not blaming reiser4 for this problem, but i do find it a bit sus- > > picious that i do not have the problem with a different filesystem. > > > > when i talked about this situation with some people, one of the users sug- > > gested that i post on this mailing-list; to report this 'bug' if you will. > > > > the steps to reproduce this problem are: > > > > 1. start overnet command line client. > > 2. start a download. > > 3. close the client. > > 4. start the client and see that it does not resume/use the temp files. > > > > i hope this report is of any use. keep up the good work :) > > > > Thanks for the report. We will take a look > > > > > - Joost Hillen. > > > > --- > > have you hugged your penguin today? > > > > > > before shutting down the client you could issue a sync command to flush the buffers into the hard drive. It seems to me that this is the problem there. -- - Undergraduate Student of CEID **Warning gmail may affect your mailing privacy** If you like to mail me private please use: korkakak *at* ceid *dot* upatras *dot* gr and my public key from http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~korkakak/mykey