From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Markus Trippelsdorf Subject: Re: Strange "rm -fr" issue Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 23:22:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20131230222229.GA395@x4> References: <20131229142406.GA393@x4> <20131230221723.GF5457@quack.suse.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: Jan Kara Return-path: Received: from ud10.udmedia.de ([194.117.254.50]:55905 "EHLO mail.ud10.udmedia.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932263Ab3L3WWc (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:22:32 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131230221723.GF5457@quack.suse.cz> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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: > >=20 > > markus@x4 tmp % rm -fr boost > > rm: cannot remove =E2=80=98boost/results/boost/bin.v2/libs=E2=80=99= : 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 file= s to > the directory while the first 'rm -fr' was running. Thus rm got a lis= t of > files in 'libs' to delete, deleted them, tried to delete 'libs' and f= ailed > 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... --=20 Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html