Re: Possible bug: ext3 misreporting filesystem usage

[Walter Hofmann]

> I've been getting a possible bug after running my system a few weeks. The
> ext3 partition's usage is being misreported. Right now, df -h says ive got
> no space left, but according to du /, I'm only using 17 gigs of my 40 gig
> drive. Restarting fixes the problem, so I'm thinking it might be some
> mis-handled variable in memory, not something on the disc itself? And, yes,
> I do know that du is right, not df, because I keep good track of my disc
> usage. This is pretty serious, it killed a 40+ hour process that i'll have
> to start over again from the beginning!

I have seen this too. See
 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108549779731780&w=2

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Walter
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