From: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
To: Greg Edwards <greg.edwards@hp.com>
Cc: fio@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gracefully handle full /tmp file system
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:51:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C26683D.8010006@fusionio.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100625152419.GA29790@w-gedwards.lhn.com>
On 25/06/10 17.24, Greg Edwards wrote:
> If /tmp happens to be full, fio gives you a very unhelpful error:
>
> # ./fio rand-write-256k-q256.job
> Bus error
>
> Use posix_fallocate() to gracefully handle this condition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Edwards <greg.edwards@hp.com>
Thanks, that looks sane. As far as I remember, if the fs
doesn't do fallocate, then glibc will zero fill it. If
that is the case, then it should be safe.
I will apply it.
--
Jens Axboe
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2010-06-25 15:24 [PATCH] gracefully handle full /tmp file system Greg Edwards
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