Description of problem: With data already placed in a volume as below, 1. Create file file1 2. Create hardlink file1_hl1 for file1 3. add data to file. file1 Now, The actual file contains no data, whereas file1_hl1 contains the data. At the backend, only hardlink file contains glusterfs hardlink file. Also, the link count of both file1 and file1_hl1 is 1. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): master How reproducible: make use of georep-basic-dr-rsync.t test script. run till DATA_TESTS HYBRID section. Steps to Reproduce: 1. touch ${master_mnt}/${prefix}_f1 2. ln ${master_mnt}/${prefix}_f1 ${master_mnt}/${prefix}_hl1 3. echo "HelloWorld!" >> ${master_mnt}/${prefix}_f1 and verify at slave. Actual results: data not present in original file. Expected results: data present in original file. Additional info:
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