Bug 643571 - [EMC 5.6 bug] severe fragmentation with xfs file system [rhel-5.5.z]
Summary: [EMC 5.6 bug] severe fragmentation with xfs file system [rhel-5.5.z]
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.5
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jiri Pirko
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Depends On: 638753
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-10-16 01:10 UTC by Benjamin Kahn
Modified: 2018-11-27 19:32 UTC (History)
15 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, writing multiple files in parallel could result in uncontrollable fragmentation of the files. With this update, the methods of controlling fragmentation work as expected.
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-11-09 18:08:12 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2010:0839 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update 2010-11-09 18:06:20 UTC

Description Benjamin Kahn 2010-10-16 01:10:44 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #638753 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 2 Jiri Pirko 2010-10-19 08:20:16 UTC
in kernel 2.6.18-194.22.1.el5

linux-2.6-fs-xfs-fix-speculative-allocation-beyond-eof.patch

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2010-11-09 18:08:12 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0839.html

Comment 7 Martin Prpič 2010-11-11 13:59:25 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Previously, writing multiple files in parallel could result in uncontrollable fragmentation of the files. With this update, the methods of controlling fragmentation work as expected.


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