Re: ext3 dies without inodes

Andreas Dilger (adilger@clusterfs.com)
Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:14:53 -0700

On Oct 29, 2002 13:00 -0600, David Fries wrote:
> I'm runnig 2.4.19 and Debian (but I compile my own kernel from the
> sources). ext3 is forcing the block device to be read only when I run
> out of inodes, and the only way out is reboot (that I could tell).
> This is wrose than a good deal of kernel panics I've had. Is
> 2.4.20prewhatever any better with reguard to this error?

Yes, this is fixed in more recent kernels. Separate patches are also
available if you want to stick with 2.4.19 for whatever reason.
Stephen posted a URL for them a couple of times.

Cheers, Andreas

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