Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 13:05:31 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au> Cc: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams), stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FS corruption during rm -fr Message-ID: <199605061905.NAA18363@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199605061829.EAA01152@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> References: <199605061730.LAA18033@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199605061829.EAA01152@asstdc.scgt.oz.au>
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> > An easy way to recreate this bug is to check out the world, and then > > remove it all. It will *always* leave at least one or two directories > > that an un-removable. 3 passes of fsck in single-user mode are > > necessary to clean this up, .. > > This seems to be two problems .. a quirk in the kernel plus a reference > count problem for which Terry's been trying to get a patch into fsck for > some time. fsck should "fix" it the first time .. Agreed on both counts, but I don't remeber Terry's fsck patch ever being posted. I tried to peruse the mailing lists, but the Net is hosed up and I couldn't get to it. I'll look later if the net comes up. Nate
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