on an XFS FS, run "mkfile 1M test" and duck.
so far I've seen:
(running in MIPS mode with pagebuf meta data on)
a tripped ASSERT in xfs_bmapi
or
(running in native mode (ie it's not an endian issue)
with pagebuf meta data off)
a spew of messages from page_buf saying:
May 16 14:59:44 bruce kernel: pbfwa: HOLE ro 0x0 size 0x40000
May 16 14:59:44 bruce kernel: PBFWA: short write written 0 ilen 262144 status 0
May 16 14:59:44 bruce kernel: PBGFWA: short write written 0 ilen 262144 status
0
May 16 14:59:44 bruce kernel: pbfwa: HOLE ro 0x0 size 0x40000
May 16 14:59:44 bruce kernel: PBFWA: short write written e
May 16 14:59:44 bruce kernel: PBF<4>PBGFWA: short write written 0 ilen 262144
status 0
May 16 14:59:44 bruce kernel: pbfwa: HOLE ro 0x0 size 0x40000
May 16 14:59:44 bruce kernel: PBFWA: short write written 0 ilen 262144 status 0
May 16 14:59:44 bruce kernel: PBGFWA: short write written 0 ilen 262144 status
0
mkfile does an ioctl(XFS_IOC_RESVSP64) to reserve space but if the
reserved space is used, things go haywire.
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