From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:41:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.168.29]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m921fIh3030657 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:41:18 -0700 Received: from sandeen.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id C9D744A2ED5 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:42:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sandeen.net (sandeen.net [209.173.210.139]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id 1LHU2xoXfCqX03Ir for ; Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:42:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48E4271D.1090203@sandeen.net> Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:42:53 -0500 From: Eric Sandeen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: XFS filesystem corruption on the arm(el) architecture References: <1222893502.5020.40.camel@moria> <20081002004556.GB30001@disturbed> In-Reply-To: <20081002004556.GB30001@disturbed> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Tobias Frost , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, debian-arm@lists.debian.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com Dave Chinner wrote: > Adding xfs@oss.sgi.com to the cc list so all the XFS folk see this. > > On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 10:38:22PM +0200, Tobias Frost wrote: >> (Note: Please CC me, as I am NOT on the lkml!!) >> >> Some time ago, I discovered some problems with xfs. Unfortunatly, I had >> no time diving into it. However, some weeks ago some other people >> running debian on ARM machines confirmed the problem on their machines >> starting at [1], so I think it is appropitate to at least report it. >> It has also been seen on 2.6.27-rc4 [2]. >> >> summary: the xfs partition corrupts almost immediatly after creation. I >> had the impression, that the first unlink (rm) causes the corruption, >> but this might be just an impression. >> >> During the tests I made, I conserved a image of the corrupted filesystem >> which I can make available on request (it's 26 Mbyte, gzipped). >> >> Please let me know how I can assist you in finding the problem. >> >> >> [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2008/08/msg00155.html >> [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2008/08/msg00184.html >> >> Best regards, >> Tobias Frost >> http://blog.coldtobi.de >> >> PS: Thank you for your great work! Ok, actually: first - sorry for the scattershot replies. I thought userspace was updated earlier, but: xfsprogs-2.10.1 (5 September 2008)... - Add packed on-disk shortform directory for ARM's old ABI, thanks to Eric Sandeen. and the original kernel change: [XFS] Pack some shortform dir2 structures for the ARM old ABI architecture. ... Note that userspace needs a similar treatment, and any filesystems which were running with the previous rogue "fix" will now see corruption ... So perhaps as a first easy test, can you please re-test with xfsprogs-2.10.1 or newer. Thanks, -Eric