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Bug#777644: linux: UDF complains about inode size of file it just created



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On Wed, 2015-02-11 at 01:58 +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 3.18.3-1~exp1
> Severity: normal
> 
> I have a 16 GB USB flash drive formatted with UDF.  I copied a file to 
> it and ejected it, then inserting it into a Windows machine, which 
> complained it was corrupt.  Removing the file and copying it again 
> resulted in the same effect.
> 
> As you can see from the kernel log below, UDF-fs (udf_evict_inode) is 
> complaining about the file it just created.  If the way it created the 
> file is defective (and both it and Windows seem to think so), it should 
> avoid creating the file in such a way and instead create it in a 
> non-defective way.  It should definitely create the file in a way that 
> is likely to work across a wide variety of systems, as that's the reason 
> I formatted it UDF.
> 
> The UDF file system was created on this system (amd64/sid) a couple 
> months ago.  I tried copying the file using cp and caja.  I tried 
> ejecting the disk both using caja and a manual umount.
[...]

There was a fix in 3.18.6 that looks like it might be related to this;
please try that.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
When in doubt, use brute force. - Ken Thompson

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