From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.176.25]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id p0L2Ml3K192558 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:22:48 -0600 Received: from sycorax.lbl.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id C910427C0ED for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:25:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from sycorax.lbl.gov (sycorax.lbl.gov [128.3.11.121]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id FOkE9HZgyyDgm4FZ for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:25:06 -0800 (PST) From: Alex Romosan Subject: Re: xfs used disk space bug in 2.6.38-rc1 (commit 6e857567dbbfe14dd6cc3f7414671b047b1ff5c7) References: <87zkqvtet2.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:25:05 -0800 In-Reply-To: <87zkqvtet2.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> (message from Alex Romosan on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:01:45 -0800) Message-ID: <8739onro1q.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com Alex Romosan writes: > my home directory is using xfs and i noticed that when i try to compile > a program or do any kind of disk access (like git pull, etc) the amount > of space used jumps by tens of gigabytes causing the disk to seemingly > become full (eventually). on reboot the used disk space goes back to the > correct value. i did a 'git bisect start -- fs/xfs' and i tracked it > down to commit 6e857567dbbfe14dd6cc3f7414671b047b1ff5c7. if i revert > this patch then disk usage doesn't increase unexpectedly (i have 270GB > free and the disk became full by simply trying to compile wine). i can > try patches if somebody comes up with one. actually, even with that patch reverted the disk usage still creeps up eventually so something else is not quite right. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. | _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs