[Lustre-discuss] backup MDT question

Johann Lombardi johann at sun.com
Thu Apr 2 11:44:04 PDT 2009


Hi,

On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 10:57:51AM -0700, Jason Rappleye wrote:
> Johann, is the update of i_size in bz 11063 causing this? We saw the  
> same behavior after upgrading to 1.6.7.

Yes, it is likely the cause. i_size is now updated on file close on the MDT
(sparse file, no data block allocated). This is done for tools like e2scan.

Johann



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