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Re: xfs mknod bug?

To: Jim Buzbee <James.Buzbee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: xfs mknod bug?
From: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Date: 14 Dec 2001 15:29:23 -0600
Cc: XFS List <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 09:07, Jim Buzbee wrote:
> 
> I'm running an xfs patched 2.4.8 kernel on an x86 platform and am having
> repeatable problems with the mknod command on an xfs partition.  Here's
> an example :
> 
> # mknod test c 1 2
> # sync
> # sync
> # sync
> # ls -al test
> crw-r--r--   1 root     root       1,   2 Dec 14 14:57 test
> 
> I then reset the system by cycling power.  Upon reboot :
> 
> # ls -al test
> crw-r--r--   1 root     root       0,   0 Dec 14  2001 test
> 
> If I do a "clean" reboot and unmount the partition normally, I do not
> get this behavior.  Is this a known issue? 


It looks like this is still an issue, I tried it on 2.4.16 and I
got a device back, but with different major minor numbers!


> crw-r--r--    1 root     root      64,   0 Dec 14 15:01 test

I think I know where to look.

Steve


> Thanks,
> Jim Buzbee
> Echostar Technologies
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Steve Lord                                      voice: +1-651-683-3511
Principal Engineer, Filesystem Software         email: lord@xxxxxxx


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