On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 10:54:47AM -0500, Kyle Gates wrote: > > So I have ended up in a state where I can't delete files with rm. > > > > the error I get is no space on device. however I'm not even close to empty. > > /dev/sdb1 38G 27G 9.5G 75% > > there is about 800k files/dirs in this filesystem > > > > extra strange is that I can in another directory create and delete files. > > > > So I tried pretty much all I could google my way to but problem > > persisted. So I decided to do a backup and a format. But when the backup > > was done I tried one more time and now it was possible to delete the > > directory and all content? > > > > using the 3.5 kernel in ubuntu 12.10. Is this a known issue ? is it > > fixed in later kernels? > > > > fsck /btrfs scrub and kernel log. nothing indicate any problem of any kind. > > > > First let's see the output of: > btrfs fi df /mountpoint > > You're probably way over allocated in metadata so a balance should help: > btrfs bal start -m /mountpoint > or omit the -m option to run a full balance.
Or, better, -musage=5 (or 1), which will do even less work. ... but let's see the btrfs fi df output first. Could you also add the output of "btrfs fi show" (no parameters), please? Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: hugo@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk === PGP key: 515C238D from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk --- You're never alone with a rubber duck... ---
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