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    DateWed, 09 May 2007 15:50:33 -0700
    FromJeremy Fitzhardinge <>
    SubjectRe: 2.6.21-git10/11: files getting truncated on xfs? or maybe an nlink problem?
    Matt Mackall wrote:
    >> Which I am, extensively, but not on the repo that got damaged.  That's
    >> why I was wondering about the nlink issues.  If I qpop a bunch of
    >> patches after just pushing them, won't it simply truncate the file?
    >> 
    >
    > Yep. But it will break links before doing that. Basically all opens go
    > through a function that breaks links.
    > 
    
    Well, yes, but I was proposing the theory that xfs was misreporting the
    linkcount, which would confuse the link-breaking logic, right?
    
        J
    
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