Re: strange error with ext2fs on a ramdisk

Michael Lausch (mla@gams.co.at)
Mon, 16 Mar 1998 01:59:53 +0100


>>>>> "ml" == Michael Lausch <mla@gams.co.at>
>>>>> wrote the following on Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:41:04 +0100

ml> While developing an embedded Linux kernel (version 2.1.79) on an
ml> MPC860 (PowerPC Core), the following behaviour can be observed.

ml> We load the root file system from a compressed initrd from FLASH
ml> RAM. The system boots okay, but if create filesand delete them
ml> immediatly afterwards, the ext2 code reports that there is no space on
ml> the file system, but `df' and `df -i' shows that there is space and
ml> free inodes.

Okay. It happened again. Shortly after posing this i found the
_compiler bug_ responsible for this behaviour. ext2, dentry code, and
ramdisk code is fine (should get more sleep).

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