From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 2 May 2001 16:42:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 2 May 2001 16:42:09 -0400 Received: from pop.gmx.net ([194.221.183.20]:60749 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 2 May 2001 16:41:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 22:41:23 +0200 From: Daniel Elstner To: Chris Mason 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: <20010502224123.0539e8c6.daniel@master.daniel.homenet> In-Reply-To: <71770000.988757331@tiny> In-Reply-To: <20010502004152.23a0751b.daniel@master.daniel.homenet> <71770000.988757331@tiny> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.4.64 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 01 May 2001 18:48:51 -0400 Chris Mason wrote: > 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. No. I tried building kernel 2.4.4 five times in a row - no errors. Also some diff's after two `make dep' didn't show anything. The xfree-dri sources from cvs failed, too. Something special with imake? -- Daniel > > 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.