From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda3.sgi.com [192.48.176.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id qB8JbrMk051789 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2012 13:37:53 -0600 Received: from mailsrv14.zmi.at (mailsrv14.zmi.at [212.69.164.54]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id 9KQBzNCFwq1yQ9CP (version=TLSv1 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:40:18 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Monnerie Subject: Re: XFS write cache flush policy Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:40:07 +0100 Message-ID: <5955806.tSHc7WOiJd@saturn> In-Reply-To: <20121208192927.GA17875@citd.de> References: <20121208192927.GA17875@citd.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4418179763122290949==" Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: xfs@oss.sgi.com Cc: Lin Li --===============4418179763122290949== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart48405543.jmpvORZaXi"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --nextPart48405543.jmpvORZaXi Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Am Samstag, 8. Dezember 2012, 20:29:27 schrieb Matthias Schniedermeyer:= > I have the same problem, several times. I'd like to chime in here, with a similar issue: I have Linux on my=20 desktop, xfs is the home partition, 16G RAM. One day my system froze, n= o=20 chance to do a buffer flush via SYS-S/U/B, I had to press the reset=20 button (no power off, just reset). Upon restart, *lots* of files were=20= gone, destroyed, etc, and my KDE desktop wouldn't work anymore. Luckily= =20 I have backups, and could restore - but this just shouldn't happen, and= =20 it was *much* better with older kernels. What is the problem that=20 metadata isn't written to disk occasionally? I was on 3.6.6 when that=20= happened, now on 3.6.8, so very recent. --=20 mit freundlichen Gr=C3=BCssen, Michael Monnerie, Ing. BSc it-management Internet Services: Prot=C3=A9ger http://proteger.at [gesprochen: Prot-e-schee] Tel: +43 660 / 415 6531 XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Michael_Monnerie Twitter: @MichaelMonnerie https://twitter.com/MichaelMonnerie FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.monnerie LinkedIn: http://lnkd.in/uGx6ug --nextPart48405543.jmpvORZaXi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAlDDl54ACgkQzhSR9xwSCbRZdACgmXdFpQ2/0QUxdO8LWUE+g1kT T0wAoKa+1xkGSEkDAsOjqJbx+FAxKjXC =KWsB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart48405543.jmpvORZaXi-- --===============4418179763122290949== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs --===============4418179763122290949==--