Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:37:45 +1000
To: "Louis-David Mitterrand" <vindex+lists-xfs@apartia.org>,
        linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: can't remove dir
From: "Barry Naujok" <bnaujok@sgi.com>
Organization: SGI
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On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:15:04 +1000, Louis-David Mitterrand  
<vindex+lists-xfs@apartia.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 09:14:25AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > While cleaning up /lost+found a directory resisted removal:
>> >
>> > 	sylla:/lost+found# rm 1879629858 -rf
>> > 	rm: cannot remove directory `1879629858': Directory not empty
>> >
>> > The directory _is_ empty and "-rf" should remove it anyway, so this
>> > looks like a fs error.
>> >
>> > This is on debian unstable with 2.6.23-rc6.
>>
>> Any errors in the system logs?  I'd try most recent xfs_repair next.  If
>> that doesn't fix it, make an xfs_metadump for Barry to look at.  :)
>> Make a backup first if you're paranoid.
>
> Hi again,
>
> Using a 2.6.23 kernel and after a clean xfs_repair-2.9.4 run I can't
> remove that file:
>
> sylla:/# rm /lost+found/3912672557
> rm: cannot remove `/lost+found/3912672557': Operation not permitted
>
> sylla:/# ls -li /lost+found/3912672557
> 3912672557 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2006-04-09 19:10  
> /lost+found/3912672557 -> unix.7.gz

Can you apply the patch in
http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2007-09/msg00222.html
and run the patched repair on your filesytem?

Barry.