Just an FYI for my friends here who may be running 2.6.17.x kernels and using XFS and who may not be monitoring lkml :)
There is a fairly serious corruption problem that has recently been discussed on lkml and affects all 2.6.17 before -stable .7 (not yet released) Essentially the fs can be corrupted and it's serious because the current xfs_repair tools may make the problem worse, not better. There is a 1-line patch that can be applied : http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115315508506996&w=2 FAQ message here http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-xfs&m=115338022506482&w=2 FAQ: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html#dir2 It appears that efforts are being focused on the repair tools now. It appears to me that the best response is to patch the kernel, reboot, backup the fs, recreate the fs and restore - but please read up before taking any action. David -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
