Nathan Scott wrote:
> Correction there - no -stable exists with this yet, I guess that'll
> be 2.6.17.7 once its out though.
>
>> what action do you suggest i do now?
>
> I've captured the state of this issue here, with options and ways
> to correct the problem:
> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html#dir2
>
> Hope this helps.
It does, thanks :)
Does this problem exist in 2.16.6.x??
>From various comments like:
Unless 2.6.16.x is a dead-end could we please also have this patch put
into there?
and
a result (I believe) of the corruption bug that was in 2.6.16/17.
and
I just want to confirm this bug as well and unfortunately it was my
system disk too who had to take the hit. Im running 2.6.16
I assume it does.
But the FAQ says:
Q: What is the issue with directory corruption in Linux 2.6.17?
In the Linux kernel 2.6.17 release a subtle bug...
which implies it's not...
HELP
So given this is from 2.6.16.9:
/*
* One less used entry in the free table.
*/
INT_MOD(free->hdr.nused, ARCH_CONVERT, -1);
xfs_dir2_free_log_header(tp, fbp);
and it looks awfully similar to the patch which says:
--- linux-2.6.17.2.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.c
+++ linux-2.6.17.2/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_node.c
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ xfs_dir2_leafn_remove(
/*
* One less used entry in the free table.
*/
- free->hdr.nused = cpu_to_be32(-1);
+ be32_add(&free->hdr.nused, -1);
xfs_dir2_free_log_header(tp, fbp);
Should 2.6.16.x replace
INT_MOD(free->hdr.nused, ARCH_CONVERT, -1);
with
be32_add(&free->hdr.nused, -1);
I hope so because I assumed there simply wasn't a patch for 2.6.16 and
applied this 'best guess' to my servers and rebooted/remounted successfully.
David
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