Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 Nov 1997 12:44:31 -0500 | From | Bill Hawes <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.64 strange ext2 error when removing directory... |
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Peter McLachlan wrote: > > Shortly after I installed 2.1.64 I deleted a number of directories. Every > time I removed one I recieved the following message: > Nov 16 01:19:20 unixcorn kernel: ext2_rmdir: d_count=19, pruning > or something similar: > Nov 16 01:22:49 unixcorn kernel: ext2_rmdir: d_count=13, pruning > Nov 16 01:22:49 unixcorn kernel: ext2_rmdir: d_count=21, pruning > Nov 16 01:23:24 unixcorn kernel: ext2_rmdir: d_count=16, pruning > I dropped to single user and ran e2fsck -f, and my drive came up clean. > I'm running a 4.3GB EIDE IBM hard disk. > I've booted into 2.1.64 again today, and have had no re-occurance of this > message. Any ideas what caused it? It seems to have dissapeared...
The ext2_rmdir messages are harmless -- it's just new code being used to prune child dentries before deleting the directory. The printk can be commented out. Regards, Bill
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