From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752793Ab1AUCZJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:25:09 -0500 Received: from sycorax.lbl.gov ([128.3.11.121]:46492 "EHLO sycorax.lbl.gov" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751701Ab1AUCZI (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:25:08 -0500 From: Alex Romosan To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com 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> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. |