From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753870Ab1AUQF0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:05:26 -0500 Received: from sycorax.lbl.gov ([128.3.11.121]:34025 "EHLO sycorax.lbl.gov" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751980Ab1AUQFZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:05:25 -0500 From: Alex Romosan To: Dave Chinner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: xfs used disk space bug in 2.6.38-rc1 (commit 6e857567dbbfe14dd6cc3f7414671b047b1ff5c7) References: <87zkqvtet2.fsf@sycorax.lbl.gov> <20110121034208.GZ16267@dastard> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:05:16 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20110121034208.GZ16267@dastard> (message from Dave Chinner on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:42:08 +1100) Message-ID: <87bp3a8coz.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 Dave Chinner writes: > When you quote a commit, can you please include the name of the > commit. e.g: > > 6e85756 ("xfs: don't truncate prealloc from frequently accessed inodes") > sorry. > Is the one with the known bug that causes excessive preallocation > when files are zero sized. The candidate fix is here: > > http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-01/msg00281.html > > Can you see if that solves your problem? i've tried it and disk usage is back to normal. thanks. --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. |