Also, here's the strace of the fallocate call: http://sprunge.us/QXFN
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:39 AM, G. Richard Bellamy <rbell...@pteradigm.com> wrote: > Good questions, should have included that info in the OP. > > The current versions I can get, but I'm frankly terrified to try to > roll back to prior versions to "test" this, since back in that land be > monsters with deadlocks preventing degraded volumes from being fixed > and other challenges I wasn't qualified to fix - and it was over three > months ago that I tried fallocate last. I run Arch and aggressively > update, so I can infer what those version were, and will do so, though > I know that is of limited efficacy in helping you help me... > > Best-guess Prior (2014-06-30): > ------------------------------------------------ > linux-lts 3.10.45-1 > btrfs-progs 3.14.2-2 > linux 3.15.2-1 > util-linux 2.24.2-1 > > Current (2014-08-27 10:28:07): > ----------- > rbellamy@eanna i ~ % pacman -Q linux-lts btrfs-progs-git linux util-linux > linux-lts 3.14.17-1 > btrfs-progs-git 3.16_108_d34cbe7-1 > linux 3.16.1-1 > util-linux 2.25-3 > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: >> G. Richard Bellamy posted on Tue, 26 Aug 2014 22:05:01 -0700 as excerpted: >> >>> When I try to run fallocate with "--keep-size" on my btrfs partitions, >>> it's failing, and I'm at a loss as to why. This was working in prior >>> versions. >>> >>> Any suggestions on how to attack this problem? I'm betting I'm missing >>> something simple here, and have just gone down the rabbit hole... >>> >>> BTW, I've confirmed that the line that fails is fallocate.c:368 [2], >>> with "open" always returning -1. >> >> One "something simple" you're missing (either that or I am) is any >> reference to which version you're running. You say it was working in >> prior versions, but /which/ prior versions, and /which/ version doesn't >> work now? >> >> -- >> Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. >> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- >> and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in >> the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
