I still believe it is an error; In my opinion ecryptfs should gracefully handle the ENOSPC error by propagating it to the upper layers, and not write scary log messages. I vote for reopening the bug.
-- Write errors on ecryptfs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459766 You received this bug notification because you are a member of eCryptfs, which is subscribed to ecryptfs-utils in ubuntu. Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Hi I got IO errors when rsyncing an ISO image to my ecryptfs home dir instead of ENOSPACE and saw scary logs in dmesg. [143171.866769] EXT4-fs: mballoc enabled [143171.866790] EXT4-fs (dm-0): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode [143171.929593] EXT4-fs: mballoc: 0 blocks 0 reqs (0 success) [143171.929597] EXT4-fs: mballoc: 0 extents scanned, 0 goal hits, 0 2^N hits, 0 breaks, 0 lost [143171.929600] EXT4-fs: mballoc: 0 generated and it took 0 [143171.929603] EXT4-fs: mballoc: 0 preallocated, 0 discarded [143436.403706] ecryptfs_write_lower: octets_written = [-28]; expected [4096] [143436.403713] ecryptfs_encrypt_page: Error attempting to write lower page; rc = [-22] [143436.403717] ecryptfs_write_end: Error encrypting page (upper index [0x0000000000024223]) [143436.403833] ecryptfs_write_lower: octets_written = [-28]; expected [4096] [143436.403837] ecryptfs_encrypt_page: Error attempting to write lower page; rc = [-22] [143436.403840] ecryptfs_write_end: Error encrypting page (upper index [0x0000000000024223]) [143436.404048] ecryptfs_write_lower: octets_written = [-28]; expected [4096] [143436.404051] ecryptfs_encrypt_page: Error attempting to write lower page; rc = [-22] [143436.404055] ecryptfs_write_end: Error encrypting page (upper index [0x0000000000024223]) I think this is due to tight space on the partition. Bye ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: lool 2559 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf0620000 irq 17' Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)' Components : 'HDA:14f15051,17aa211f,00100000' Controls : 14 Simple ctrls : 7 Date: Sat Oct 24 15:34:59 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 MachineType: LENOVO 2777CTO Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname--vg0-ubuntu--root ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/zsh ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic RelatedPackageVersions: linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.24 SourcePackage: linux Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64 WpaSupplicantLog: dmi.bios.date: 03/12/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 6EET27WW (1.08 ) dmi.board.name: 2777CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6EET27WW(1.08):bd03/12/2009:svnLENOVO:pn2777CTO:pvrThinkPadX301:rvnLENOVO:rn2777CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 2777CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X301 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs Post to : ecryptfs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp