Re: Problems with many processes copying directories on XFS

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>]

Simon Matter wrote:

> Well since nobody seems interested I'm replying myself. 

Sorry; we're interested, we're also quite busy.  :)

I can try this a bit today.  Not sure what to tell you about reiserfs,
might be one for the reiserfs list.  :)

> I
> tried the same test on different hardware, different kernels, different
> disks, different filesystems and _all_ tests without success!

Well, sounds like a generic kernel problem, then, although XFS should
handle this gracefully if possible.  I'll take a look.

Thanks,

-Eric

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