Bug 643571 – [EMC 5.6 bug] severe fragmentation with xfs file system [rhel-5.5.z]

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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]

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	5.5
Hardware:	x86_64 Linux

Priority	urgent Severity urgent
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Jiri Pirko
QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Keywords:	OtherQA, ZStream

Depends On:	638753
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Reported:	2010-10-15 21:10 EDT by Benjamin Kahn
Modified:	2015-05-04 21:21 EDT (History)
CC List:	15 users (show)

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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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Last Closed:	2010-11-09 13:08:12 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2010:0839	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update	2010-11-09 13:06:20 EST

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Description Benjamin Kahn 2010-10-15 21:10:44 EDT

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 04:20:16 EDT

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 13:08:12 EST

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 08:59:25 EST

    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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