Tim Nufire wrote: > Hello, > > Corrupt JFS root nodes continue to plague my Debian 5 based servers > running 2.6.26 and 2.6.32 kernels... This is a big problem for us so I > spent last week learning enough about JFS to create a test script > which reproduces the problems -- I'm hoping this is enough for the > folks on this list to fix the bug :-) I've emailed this list about > this problem before.. For the old thread, see: > > Corrupt JFS root nodes on volumes with 500+ top level directories > > My test platform is a fully patched clean install of Debian 5.0.8 on a > VMWare host. To reproduce the problem: > > 1) Format a drive (/dev/sdb) volume with JFS (volume size does not > matter) 2) In a loop, create one permanent file and create and delete > a temporary file (tmp) 10 times 3) Exit the loop when jfs_fsck reports > an error > > Here's a Bash script that will do the above and corrupts a JFS file > system in just a few minutes:
I can confirm what Tim is saying here, including the number 984. /Per Jessen, Zürich ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ Jfs-discussion mailing list Jfs-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jfs-discussion