Daniel Moore wrote:
>
> Create an XFS partition, then try to create a file that's too big to
> fit in your FS:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/arch0/bigfile bs=1024k count=200
>
> With delay alloc off, the dd process hangs in a write call,
> with 100% system CPU time. The machine remains active.
>
> With delay alloc on, you get a slew of page_buf warnings and
> errors but not an actual error return.
with delalloc on:
Could you please send out the messages? Does the dd finish?
>
> (
> Oh yeah - and has anyone noticed insmod still running
> after loading the XFS modules, or is that just me?
> I have no idea how that's possible.
> )
No, i haven't noticed insmod running. But for some reason
the loading works extemely fast in the last 2-3 days.
>
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