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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@MIT.EDU>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ext4 df free space reporting not reliable?
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:27:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <69DFE925-D32D-4CAA-B734-545DE0515FCE@mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100613093807.GA31407@basil.fritz.box>


On Jun 13, 2010, at 5:38 AM, Andi Kleen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a ext4 file system on 2.6.34 that shows 0 blocks available
> in "df" (it's nearly full but never got a ENOSPC). 
> 
> But when I delete a couple of files it still shows 0 blocks.
> And I can actually create small files without problem, so clearly
> there is at least some space available.
> 
> So is df reporting not accurate?

Are you creating the files as root?  Sounds like the standard reserved
blocks behavior that's been around since ext3, ext2, BSD's ufs, etc...

- Ted


  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-13 10:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-13  9:38 ext4 df free space reporting not reliable? Andi Kleen
2010-06-13 10:27 ` Theodore Tso [this message]
2010-06-13 10:34   ` Andi Kleen
2010-06-13 16:45     ` Sandon Van Ness
2010-06-13 18:58     ` tytso

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