From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 1 May 2001 18:49:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 1 May 2001 18:49:48 -0400 Received: from roc-24-169-102-121.rochester.rr.com ([24.169.102.121]:41484 "EHLO roc-24-169-102-121.rochester.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 1 May 2001 18:49:33 -0400 Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 18:48:51 -0400 From: Chris Mason To: Daniel Elstner cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: reiserfs+lndir problem [was: 2.4.4 SMP: spurious EOVERFLOW "Value too large for defined data type"] Message-ID: <71770000.988757331@tiny> In-Reply-To: <20010502004152.23a0751b.daniel@master.daniel.homenet> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.0.8 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday, May 02, 2001 12:41:52 AM +0200 Daniel Elstner wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:03:47 -0400 Chris Mason wrote: > >> > Apparently it's a reiserfs/symlink problem. >> > I tried doing the lndir on an ext2 partition, sources still >> > on reiserfs. And it worked just fine! >> >> Neat, thanks for the extra details. Does that mean you can consistently >> repeat on reiserfs now? What happens when you do the lndir on reiserfs >> and diff the directories? > > I just played around a bit with the following results: > > sources on reiserfs, lndir on reiserfs -> make fails, diff ok > sources on reiserfs, lndir on ext2 -> make ok > sources on ext2, lndir on reiserfs -> make fails, diff ok > > Doing the diff against a second copy of the tree shows no errors, too. > Always the same behaviour: You have to run lndir at least twice to > get the error. If the link tree was already set up after a boot, the > error occurs only after rm + lndir + rm + lndir. > > There's a strange way to get things working just like after a reboot. > After diff'ing the link tree with the 2nd copy (both on reiserfs), > make World won't fail - at least once. Ok, can you reproduce with a set of sources other than X? I would leave glibc alone for now, unless you can reproduce on ext2. -chris