From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754630AbYFRQNL (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:13:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751555AbYFRQM4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:12:56 -0400 Received: from ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net ([203.16.214.146]:50437 "EHLO ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751383AbYFRQMz (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:12:55 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEADjQWEh5LG+u/2dsb2JhbACwXA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,666,1204464600"; d="scan'208";a="129305555" Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:12:52 +1000 From: Dave Chinner To: Marco Berizzi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: XFS: 2.6.26-rc6 link count mismatch for inode Message-ID: <20080618161252.GV3700@disturbed> Mail-Followup-To: Marco Berizzi , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:11:31AM +0200, Marco Berizzi wrote: > Hi Folk, > > I was tring to compile firefox 3.0rc3 > and while I was erasing a previous > /tmp/mozilla tree, I started a new > tar xjf mozilla-blabla. > After a while linux 2.6.26-rc6 was > unresponsive: I have unplugged the > power cable. No problem at startup, > but: What are your mount options? Are you using barriers (what does XFS output in dmesg when mounting the filesystem)? I ask because I've seen this sort of directory corruption before when using volatile write caches and yanking the power.... i.e. the corruption could have been caused by the way you reset the system, not because of the hang. Do you have any information on what caused the hang? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com