On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 01:16:54PM -0800, Brian Somers wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:41:12 -0500 > Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 08:23:36PM +0000, Brian Somers wrote: > > > brian 2007-02-23 20:23:36 UTC > > > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > > > Modified files: > > > sys/ufs/ffs ffs_alloc.c ffs_softdep.c > > > Log: > > > Account for di_blocks allocations when IN_SPACECOUNTED is set in an > > > inode's i_flag. > > > > > > It's possible that after ufs_infactive() calls softdep_releasefile(), > > > i_nlink stays >0 for a considerable amount of time (> 60 seconds here). > > > During this period, any ffs allocation routines that alter di_blocks > > > must also account for the blocks in the filesystem's fs_pendingblocks > > > value. > > > > > > This change fixes an eventual df/du discrepency that will happen as > > > the result of fs_pendingblocks being reduced to <0. > > > > > > The only manifestation of this that people may recognise is the > > > following message on boot: > > > > > > /somefs: update error: blocks -N files M > > > > > > at which point the negative pending block count is adjusted to zero. > > > > \o/ I hate that bug! > > As do I! As a result of the bug, all Sophos mail appliance > customers had to suffer bi-weekly reboots for the past year > (well, it was hardly the fault of this bug initially!). > > It took weeks to fix -- I have never been able to reproduce > the problem on demand and had to resort to inserting copious > amounts of diagnostics on several machines then sitting around > 'till ffsinfo said one of the machines had "bitten". > > Until recently, even that strategy didn't work as our test > machines just wouldn't see the problem. We recently released > a less powerful version of the appliance, and only then did > we see the problem reasonably frequently (between 4 and 24 > hours usually).
Wow, nice job :) Kris _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"