Re: ENOSPC design issues

[Josef Bacik <jbacik@fusionio.com>]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 01:55:47AM -0600, Ahmet Inan wrote:
> when testing, please also do something like this:
> 
> # create big squashfs image somewhere:
> # mksquashfs / /big.img -noappend -no-sparse -e big.img
> 
> # then unpack into fresh filesystem with (and no) compression:
> # unsquashfs -f -d /subvol /big.img
> 
> this is how i was always able to trigger ENOSPC while trying to
> make a full system installation from squashfs image.
> 
> you should also try different compression algos (i only use lzo)
> 
> btw: i was able to trigger ENOSPC with for-linus on 3.5.4 on a
> i686 Pentium M Notebook with only 1GB of Memory and
> fresh FSthis way, otherwise havent seen ENOSPC for long time.
> 

Thanks I will try that now,

Josef