Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:42:53 -0500 | | From | Eric Sandeen <> | | Subject | Re: XFS filesystem corruption on the arm(el) architecture |
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Dave Chinner wrote: > Adding xfs@oss.sgi.com to the cc list so all the XFS folk see this. > > On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 10:38:22PM +0200, Tobias Frost wrote: >> (Note: Please CC me, as I am NOT on the lkml!!) >> >> Some time ago, I discovered some problems with xfs. Unfortunatly, I had >> no time diving into it. However, some weeks ago some other people >> running debian on ARM machines confirmed the problem on their machines >> starting at [1], so I think it is appropitate to at least report it. >> It has also been seen on 2.6.27-rc4 [2]. >> >> summary: the xfs partition corrupts almost immediatly after creation. I >> had the impression, that the first unlink (rm) causes the corruption, >> but this might be just an impression. >> >> During the tests I made, I conserved a image of the corrupted filesystem >> which I can make available on request (it's 26 Mbyte, gzipped). >> >> Please let me know how I can assist you in finding the problem. >> >> >> [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2008/08/msg00155.html >> [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2008/08/msg00184.html >> >> Best regards, >> Tobias Frost >> http://blog.coldtobi.de >> >> PS: Thank you for your great work!
Ok, actually: first - sorry for the scattershot replies. I thought userspace was updated earlier, but:
xfsprogs-2.10.1 (5 September 2008)... - Add packed on-disk shortform directory for ARM's old ABI, thanks to Eric Sandeen.
and the original kernel change:
[XFS] Pack some shortform dir2 structures for the ARM old ABI architecture. ... Note that userspace needs a similar treatment, and any filesystems which were running with the previous rogue "fix" will now see corruption ...
So perhaps as a first easy test, can you please re-test with xfsprogs-2.10.1 or newer.
Thanks, -Eric
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