Re: lscp: Inappropriate ioctl for device

[Ryusuke Konishi <ryusuke-sG5X7nlA6pw@public.gmane.org>]

Hi,
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:30:06 -0700, David Fuller wrote:
> I just recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 and custom built the 2.6.30.2 kernel 
> with the nilfs options outlined on the site.
> 
> I am able to mount the partition with no errors.
> 
> I do an error as follows:
> 
> Jul 22 13:09:53 hostname nilfs_cleanerd[9470]: start
> Jul 22 13:09:53 hostname nilfs_cleanerd[9470]: cannot get segment usage 
> stat: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> Jul 22 13:09:53 hostname nilfs_cleanerd[9470]: shutdown
> 
> ...
> 
> Jul 22 13:13:12 hostname nilfs_cleanerd[9538]: start
> Jul 22 13:13:12 hostname kernel: [18500.590098] VFS: Can't find ext4 
> filesystem on dev sda1.
> Jul 22 13:13:12 hostname kernel: [18500.594342] segctord starting. 
> Construction interval = 5 seconds, CP frequency < 30 seconds
> Jul 22 13:13:12 hostname nilfs_cleanerd[9538]: cannot get segment usage 
> stat: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> Jul 22 13:13:12 hostname nilfs_cleanerd[9538]: shutdown
> Jul 22 13:14:51 hostname nilfs_cleanerd[9547]: start
> Jul 22 13:14:51 hostname kernel: [18599.765573] segctord starting. 
> Construction interval = 5 seconds, CP frequency < 30 seconds
> Jul 22 13:14:51 hostname nilfs_cleanerd[9547]: cannot get segment usage 
> stat: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> Jul 22 13:14:51 hostname nilfs_cleanerd[9547]: shutdown
> 
> 
> Also when I try to list the checkpoints, I get the following error:
> 
> lscp: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> 
> 
> Please advise.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> --David F.

Nilfs has once changed ioctl interface (ABI) to clean up architecture
dependency problems found in the review process of mainline merge.

The nilfs2-tools included in Ubuntu Jaunty is older than that.

Please download the latest util package (nilfs-utils-2.0.14) from

  http://www.nilfs.org/en/download.html

and use it instead.

The newer nilfs2-tools is available on karmic, but in either case it
seems to be less frequently updated than Debian.


Cheers,
Ryusuke Konishi