Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:26:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from astra.simleu.ro (astra.simleu.ro [80.97.18.177]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id k76MQ3DW014627 for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 15:26:03 -0700 Received: from teal.hq.k1024.org (84-74-89-231.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.74.89.231]) by astra.simleu.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id E424A50; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 00:22:25 +0300 (EEST) Received: by teal.hq.k1024.org (Postfix, from userid 4004) id 145D640ACC0; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 23:22:11 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 23:22:11 +0200 From: Iustin Pop To: Jeff Briggs Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: XFS null files Message-ID: <20060806212211.GA2154@teal.hq.k1024.org> Mail-Followup-To: Jeff Briggs , xfs@oss.sgi.com References: <83d59530608061232r21feab01j456c7d1fec742958@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83d59530608061232r21feab01j456c7d1fec742958@mail.gmail.com> X-Linux: This message was written on Linux X-Header: /usr/include gives great headers User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 X-archive-position: 8579 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: iusty@k1024.org Precedence: bulk X-list: xfs Content-Length: 527 Lines: 15 On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 08:32:49PM +0100, Jeff Briggs wrote: > Hello. > > I've just lost data to XFS, with the files full of nulls. I've found > posts dating back over two years about such data losses. I'm using > linux 2.6.17 with xfsprogs 2.8.10. FWIW, I've never lost files since disabling write cache on disks. > > emacs claims to fsync on write, yet still I lost data, the faq > suggests I should not have if this is so? Have you disabled the write cache of your storage, or is your storage battery-backed? Iustin Pop