From: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de>
To: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Strange "rm -fr" issue
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 23:22:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131230222229.GA395@x4> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131230221723.GF5457@quack.suse.cz>
On 2013.12.30 at 23:17 +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Sun 29-12-13 15:24:06, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
> > I came across the following strange issue today:
> >
> > markus@x4 tmp % rm -fr boost
> > rm: cannot remove ‘boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs’: Directory not empty
> > markus@x4 tmp % ll boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs
> > total 68K
> > drwxr-xr-x 17 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 .
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:00 ..
> > drwxr-xr-x 4 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 move
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 mpl
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 msm
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 multi_array
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 multi_index
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:00 multiprecision
> > drwxr-xr-x 6 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 numeric
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 optional
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 parameter
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 phoenix
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 polygon
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 pool
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 python
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 serialization
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 test
> > markus@x4 tmp % ll boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs
> > total 140K
> > drwxr-xr-x 35 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 .
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:00 ..
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 config
> > drwxr-xr-x 4 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 move
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 mpl
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 msm
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 multi_array
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 multi_index
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:00 multiprecision
> > drwxr-xr-x 6 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 numeric
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 optional
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 parameter
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 phoenix
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 polygon
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 pool
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 predef
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 preprocessor
> > drwxr-xr-x 4 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 program_options
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 property_map
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 property_tree
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 proto
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 ptr_container
> > drwxr-xr-x 4 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 python
> > drwxr-xr-x 4 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 random
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 range
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 ratio
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 rational
> > drwxr-xr-x 5 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 regex
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 scope_exit
> > drwxr-xr-x 4 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 serialization
> > drwxr-xr-x 4 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 signals
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 signals2
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 smart_ptr
> > drwxr-xr-x 4 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 spirit
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 markus markus 4.0K Dec 29 15:01 test
> > markus@x4 tmp % rm -fr boost
> > markus@x4 tmp % ll boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs
> > ls: cannot access boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs: No such file or directory
> > markus@x4 tmp %
> Hum, my guess would be that some other process has been adding files to
> the directory while the first 'rm -fr' was running. Thus rm got a list of
> files in 'libs' to delete, deleted them, tried to delete 'libs' and failed
> because the other process has added some new files / dirs in the mean time.
> By the time you run second rm, the creating process has apparently
> finished.
I'm pretty sure that this wasn't the case. The boost test suite had
finished and the machine was idle for a while, before I tried to remove
the directory...
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Markus
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-30 22:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-29 14:24 Strange "rm -fr" issue Markus Trippelsdorf
2013-12-29 18:47 ` Andreas Dilger
2013-12-30 8:10 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2013-12-30 22:17 ` Jan Kara
2013-12-30 22:22 ` Markus Trippelsdorf [this message]
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