Bug 971878

Summary: /tmp on tmpfs breaks simple-mtpfs
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ralf Corsepius <rc040203>
Component: simple-mtpfsAssignee: Peter Hatina <phatina>
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Description Ralf Corsepius 2013-06-07 13:34:24 UTC
Description of problem:

I am trying to transfer files from my Fedora 18 netbook to my Android tablet using rsync

During the file transfer simple-mtpfs errors out complaining about lack of disk space:
...
rsync: write failed on "/mnt/External SD/Music/group/song.mp3": No space left on device (28)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at receiver.c(322) [receiver=3.0.9]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (1196 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(605) [sender=3.0.9]

Apparent cause is simple-mtpfs running out of disk-space below /tmp:

# df
Filesystem                      1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs                          1016844        0   1016844   0% /dev
tmpfs                             1026668       68   1026600   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                             1026668     9748   1016920   1% /run
tmpfs                             1026668        0   1026668   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mapper/VolGroup02-LogVol00  10480200  8737144   1204024  88% /
tmpfs                             1026668  1024476      2192 100% /tmp
/dev/sda10                         497572    87512    383948  19% /boot
simple-mtpfs                     21124976  2310600  18814376  11% /mnt

Seemingly, simple-mtpfs stores a lot of data below /tmp (/tmp/simple-mtpfs-*), which easily can exceed the amount of RAM available in /tmp (tmpfs) on small RAM systems.

Note: In this case, the netbook only has 2GB of RAM, while /mnt (On the Android tablet) is much bigger (>16 GB). The amount of data to be copied is ca. 4GB.

Version:
simple-mtpfs-0.1-4.fc18.i686

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rsync more data than tmpfs's size to an simple-mtpfs mounted file system


Actual results:
c.f. above

Expected results:
Function.

Comment 1 Harald Reindl 2013-08-06 12:28:36 UTC
which is one of many examples which confirms mine and the opinion of many others that "/tmp on tmpfs" is a pretty dumb default for a operating system abd broken by design

Comment 2 Peter Hatina 2013-08-14 09:23:13 UTC
You can redirect simple-mtpfs to some other temporary directory either using -o tmp-dir. I strongly recommend you to use current git code, where you can specify TMPDIR.

Comment 3 Ralf Corsepius 2013-08-14 10:21:10 UTC
(In reply to Peter Hatina from comment #2)
> You can redirect simple-mtpfs to some other temporary directory either using
> -o tmp-dir. I strongly recommend you to use current git code, where you can
> specify TMPDIR.

Instead of trying to find weak excuses, how about you to fix this package accordingly, rsp. RH to revert this /tmp on tmpfs absurdity?

Comment 4 Peter Hatina 2013-10-18 12:14:21 UTC
(In reply to Ralf Corsepius from comment #3)
> (In reply to Peter Hatina from comment #2)
> > You can redirect simple-mtpfs to some other temporary directory either using
> > -o tmp-dir. I strongly recommend you to use current git code, where you can
> > specify TMPDIR.
> 
> Instead of trying to find weak excuses, how about you to fix this package
> accordingly, rsp. RH to revert this /tmp on tmpfs absurdity?

Alright then.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-12-06 09:42:07 UTC
simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc20

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2013-12-06 09:42:23 UTC
simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc19

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2013-12-06 19:59:01 UTC
Package simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc20:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc20'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-22836/simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc20
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

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Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2013-12-28 02:12:13 UTC
simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.