Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 12:00:22 GMT From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/151251: [ufs] Can not create files on filesystem with heavy usage Message-ID: <201011051200.oA5C0Md5062470@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/151251; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, vermaden@interia.pl
Cc:
Subject: Re: kern/151251: [ufs] Can not create files on filesystem with heavy usage
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 12:53:41 +0100 (CET)
vermaden wrote:
> /usr/mail/DOMAIN/USER@DOMAIN/new # :> asd
> /usr/mail/DOMAIN/USER@DOMAIN/new # echo $?
>
> /usr/mail/DOMAIN/USER@DOMAIN/new # ls asd
> ls: asd: No such file or directory
> /usr/mail/DOMAIN/USER@DOMAIN/new # echo $?
> 1
>
> If I reboot, everything goes back to normal and I can create files there:
> /usr/mail/DOMAIN/USER@DOMAIN/new # :> asd
> /usr/mail/DOMAIN/USER@DOMAIN/new # echo $?
>
> /usr/mail/DOMAIN/USER@DOMAIN/new # ls asd
> asd
> /usr/mail/DOMAIN/USER@DOMAIN/new # echo $?
>
Could it be that there is a problem with your shell?
For successful completion, "$?" should contain the
value 0, not an empty string. This looks fishy.
One possibility is that your shell is malfunctioning
because of a resource shortage and insufficient error
checking. But that's just a wild guess.
Please use plain /bin/sh to make sure that the shell
is not causing (or hiding) any problems. If you still
get exactly the same results, something really strange
must be going on.
By the way, I noticed that your machine (2.3 GHz Xeon)
has only 320 MB RAM, which isn't exactly plenty,
depending on the things that are running (you mentioned
"heavy usage"). Could it be that you're running out
of memory? (Although the symptoms aren't typical.)
Best regards
Oliver
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