From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265955AbUGIV70 (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jul 2004 17:59:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265958AbUGIV7Z (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jul 2004 17:59:25 -0400 Received: from moraine.clusterfs.com ([66.246.132.190]:24282 "EHLO moraine.clusterfs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265955AbUGIV7F (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jul 2004 17:59:05 -0400 Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 15:58:59 -0600 From: Andreas Dilger To: Frank van Maarseveen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: strange "file system was modified" report from e2fsck Message-ID: <20040709215859.GO23346@schnapps.adilger.int> Mail-Followup-To: Frank van Maarseveen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040709163130.GA6361@janus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="MsEL38XAg4rx1uDx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040709163130.GA6361@janus> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/0D35BED6 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7A37 5D79 BF1B CECA D44F 8A29 A488 39F5 0D35 BED6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --MsEL38XAg4rx1uDx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Jul 09, 2004 18:31 +0200, Frank van Maarseveen wrote: > mke2fs -j > mount it > Fill disk as root with one huge >150GB file > umount it > e2fsck -f -v: ok > mount it > rm 150 GB file > umount it > e2fsck -f -v: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** >=20 > After removing the big file and umounting the ext3 partition, e2fsck -f -v > invariably reports that the file system has been modified. This doesn't > happen for a small file. The "RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE" flag is set when a > 2GB file is created, but it can't be cleared when the file is removed since it isn't refcounted. This can only be cleared by e2fsck if no other large files exist. > Filesystem features: has_journal filetype sparse_super See no "large_file" flag. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ http://members.shaw.ca/adilger/ http://members.shaw.ca/golinux/ --MsEL38XAg4rx1uDx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFA7xUjpIg59Q01vtYRAhFyAJiPR/sEaFY7qPzygq9XKY7aP87TAKDRRdp0 7NxXeEh92xE/wFnr1KmvAA== =k92Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MsEL38XAg4rx1uDx--