Re: read-only subvolumes?

[Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>]

> Hi all,
> 
> When I am creating subvolumes I get this strange behavior. If I create
> a subvolume with a name longer than 4 characters it is read-only, if
> the name is shorter than 5 characters the subvolume is writeable as
> expected. I think it is since I upgraded to kernel version 2.6.38 (I
> do not create subvolumes on a regular basis.). I will compile one of
> the latest 2.6.37 kernels to see whether there the problem exists,
> too. Another interesting point is that previously created subvolumes
> are not affected.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andreas Philipp
> 
> thor btrfs # btrfs subvolume create 123456789
> Create subvolume './123456789'
> thor btrfs # touch 123456789/lsdkfj
> touch: cannot touch `123456789/lsdkfj': Read-only file system

This is really odd, but I can't reproduce it.

I created a btrfs filesystem on 2.6.37 kernel, and rebooted to latest
2.6.38+, and tried the procedures as you did, but nothing bad happend.