From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Fleetwood Subject: Re: cannot remove files: No space left on device Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 09:31:27 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4DF3FB15.1040108@wpkg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 To: linux-btrfs Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4DF3FB15.1040108@wpkg.org> List-ID: On 12 June 2011 00:32, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > I'm trying to remove some files on a btrfs filesystem which has 26 GB= free: > > /dev/sdb4 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 336G =C2=A0310G =C2= =A0 26G =C2=A093% /mnt/btrfs > > > Unfortunately, removing some of the files fails, due to "No space lef= t on device": > > root@dom:/mnt/btrfs# rm -rfv postgresql-noindex > removed `postgresql-noindex/postgresql/8.4/main/base/16384/16508.6' > removed `postgresql-noindex/postgresql/8.4/main/base/16384/16508.7' > rm: cannot remove `postgresql-noindex/postgresql/8.4/main/base/16384/= 16508.8': No space left on device > removed `postgresql-noindex/postgresql/8.4/main/base/16384/16508.9' > removed `postgresql-noindex/postgresql/8.4/main/base/16384/16508_fsm' > removed `postgresql-noindex/postgresql/8.4/main/base/16384/16511' > removed `postgresql-noindex/postgresql/8.4/main/base/16384/16513' > removed `postgresql-noindex/postgresql/8.4/main/base/16384/16516' > removed `postgresql-noindex/postgresql/8.4/main/base/16384/16516_fsm' > removed `postgresql-noindex/postgresql/8.4/main/base/16384/16521' > > This is a snapshot of a different directory (with some changes). > > Is it expected? I'm running 2.6.39.1 kernel. > > -- > Tomasz Chmielewski Check out the btrfs FAQ about space usage: https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/FAQ#Why_are_there_so_many_ways= _to_check_the_amount_of_free_space.3F and try these command too: btrfs filesystem df /mnt/btrfs btrfs filesystem show /dev/sdb4 I'm no btrfs expert but it's worth trying to delete one file and syncing the fs, then repeating. Mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html