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<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Here's a bit
of a strange one. <FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=665432416-10032004>I hunted through the ocfs-users archives, but didn't
see any mention of this, so here goes...</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=665432416-10032004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=665432416-10032004></SPAN></FONT>Using
coreutils 4.5.3-27 on RHAS 3, the utilities perform as expected against non-OCFS
volumes:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>$ rpm -q
coreutils<BR>coreutils-4.5.3-27</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2># cat a 3
line test file. Works as expected<BR>$ cat
/var/tmp/file<BR>line1<BR>line2<BR>line3</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2># copy that
file. Works as expected<BR>$ cp /var/tmp/file /var/tmp/file2</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>$ ls -l
/var/tmp/file*<BR>-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle
dba 18
Mar 9 10:59 /var/tmp/file<BR>-rw-r--r-- 1
root
root 18 Mar 10 09:09
/var/tmp/file2<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>#############################################################################<BR></FONT></SPAN>But,
after upgrading to 4.5.3-28, those same operations seem to be doing things
twice:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>$ rpm -Uv
coreutils-4.5.3-28.i386.rpm<BR>Preparing packages for
installation...<BR>coreutils-4.5.3-28</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>$ rpm -q
coreutils<BR>coreutils-4.5.3-28</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2># using
4.5.3-28, output is duplicated<BR>$ cat
/var/tmp/file<BR>line1<BR>line2<BR>line3<BR>line1<BR>line2<BR>line3</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>$ cp
/var/tmp/file /var/tmp/file2<BR>cp: overwrite `/var/tmp/file2'?
y</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2># using
4.5.3-28, file size has been doubled<BR>$ ls -l
/var/tmp/file*<BR>-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle
dba 18
Mar 9 10:59 /var/tmp/file<BR>-rw-r--r-- 1
root
root 36 Mar 10 09:10
/var/tmp/file2<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2># for
reference...</DIV></FONT></SPAN>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>$ uname
-a<BR>Linux andesite 2.4.21-9.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Jan 8 17:08:56 EST 2004 i686 i686
i386 GNU/Linux</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>$ ls
-l<BR>-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle
dba 2437173 Mar 9 15:50
coreutils-4.5.3-27.i386.rpm<BR>-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle
dba 2439368 Mar 9 15:36
coreutils-4.5.3-28.i386.rpm</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=665432416-10032004>After
downgrading back to -27, everything works fine again.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665432416-10032004><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Any ideas?
My expectation was the these utilities would perform in the usual fashion
against non-OCFS volumes but were enhanced to work with OCFS files via the
o_direct flag. Is that not a correct assumption?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Matt
Sheridan<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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