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RE: Duplicate directory entries

To: "David Chinner" <dgc@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Duplicate directory entries
From: "Jim Paradis" <jparadis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:29:14 -0400
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Thread-topic: Duplicate directory entries
> > >> We recently ran across a situation where we saw two directory
entries
> > >> that were exactly the same.
> > >
> > >What kernel version?
> >
> > 2.6.18.
.
.
.
> I don't think this is your problem unless you've only recently
upgraded
> from an old kernel and your applications do direct I/O.....
> 
> Can you reproduce the problem or provide any information on events
> that may have occurred around the time of the duplicates being
created?
> I suspect that a reproducable test case will be the only way we can
track
> this down....

No, we have not recently upgraded the kernel.

Unfortunately, we are not yet able to reproduce the problem at will.
It's something we observed on a production system, but there's a lot
that goes on on that system.  I'll keep trying to narrow it down,
though...

--jim



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