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SubjectRe: Quota lockups
JC> I posted some time ago the sure way to lock up the quota code: have an
JC> empty 'quota.user' file. Then do something that causes somebody to
JC> allocate space on the device. The file system gets locked once to make the
JC> quota change, then again because the first block of the quota file needs to
JC> be allocated, which requires another quota modification. *Lock*.

Are you sure it still exists?
During about 2.1.103, the quota system has been redone and AFAIK this bug
doesn't exist anymore. But I haven't tested it recently.

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Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)

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