From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752050Ab1ATWLm (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:11:42 -0500 Received: from sycorax.lbl.gov ([128.3.11.121]:49066 "EHLO sycorax.lbl.gov" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751264Ab1ATWLl (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:11:41 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 593 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:11:41 EST From: Alex Romosan To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: xfs used disk space bug in 2.6.38-rc1 (commit 6e857567dbbfe14dd6cc3f7414671b047b1ff5c7) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:01:45 -0800 Message-ID: <87zkqvtet2.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 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. --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. |