Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 13:54:31 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG, krentel@dreamscape.com Subject: Re: link counts in ext2fs are all 0 Message-ID: <199908050354.NAA10798@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> Link counts in ext2fs were broken by the soft updates changes (although >> soft updates are not implemented for ext2fs). Partial fix: > >I see. This happens even though I'm not using soft updates? Yes. >... And even the new ones appear correct if you wait long >enough (even without umount/mount). I guess that happens when the >vnode gets flushed out of memory? A bazillion sync's doesn't do it, >but unpacking a large tar file does. Yes. I mentioned umount/mount because it's the easiest way to ensure flushing of the vnode. >Should I consider the patch dangerous? Suppose I create a new file, It's probably harmless. >> ... Bugs like >> this show why ext2fs shouldn't use any ufs vnops. (I just noticed some >> related ones for chflags(2). > >I'm confused. Is your comment, "ext2fs shouldn't use any ufs vnops", >directed at developers (suggesting that ext2fs should be reorganized) >or at users? Developers. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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