Strange case of deleting lots of files and "df" not recognizing it....(unless I umount/mount) the disk...

[Linda Walsh]

Ben Myers wrote:

> 
> Yeah.  13 hours is a long time, esp for something you just removed.  ;)
> 
> Fortunately it's not the data that is cached, it's probably just a pesky dentry
> hanging around on the lru with a single reference on the inode keeping it
> active, preventing xfs from freeing up the blocks.
> 
> I've had some luck on v3.0 with the following patch... it's not yet tested on
> 3.5 so YMMV.  Are you running an NFS server?  Something that often creates
> anonymous dentries?
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nfs server is running but no clients (usage=rare)
samba server is running and has clients (usage=24/7)...

I wasn't even able to compile the last kernel I tried...my release has been
a bit screwey...

finally got perl to compile, that was another thorn in my side...

(when it rains it pours....)