I am testing symbolic link behaviour and not getting the expected results. In the simplest case, I create one valid and one invalid link: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 11:17 exist lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 13 11:17 lexist -> exist lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 13 11:17 lnoexist -> noexist When I look at the meta data through the ldiskfs mounted mdt the link paths are not shown: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 11:17 exist lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 13 11:17 lexist lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 13 11:17 lnoexist

And trying to get a bit more info: # file * exist: empty lexist: unreadable symlink `lexist' (Invalid argument) lnoexist: unreadable symlink `lnoexist' (Invalid argument) If I restart lustre by unmounting and re-mounting all the lustre mount points (MDT, ODT's, client) the link paths show up in the ldiskfs mounted mdt: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 13 11:17 exist lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 13 11:17 lexist -> exist lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Oct 13 11:17 lnoexist -> noexist file * exist: empty lexist: symbolic link to `exist' lnoexist: broken symbolic link to `noexist' I've also just tried just re-mounting the ldiskfs mount point but that did not help. Is there any way to correct this without having to restart lustre? I experimented with running lfsck w/o restart all of lustre but I could not see that it was running or had done anything useful yet. Kris -- This message is NOT encrypted -------------------------------- Mr. Kristen J. Webb Chief Technology Officer Teradactyl LLC. 2450 Baylor Dr. S.E. Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106 Phone: 1-505-338-6000 Email: kwebb(a)teradactyl.com Web: http://www.teradactyl.com Providers of Scalable Backup Solutions for Unique Data Environments -------------------------------- NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS: Any information contained in or attached to this message is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient of this transmittal, you are hereby notified that you received this transmittal in error, and we request that you please delete and destroy all copies and attachments in your possession, notify the sender that you have received this communication in error, and note that any review or dissemination of, or the taking of any action in reliance on, this communication is expressly prohibited. Regular internet e-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate, and it should not be relied upon as such. If you prefer to communicate with Teradactyl LLC. using secure (i.e., encrypted and/or digitally signed) e-mail transmission, please notify the sender. Otherwise, you will be deemed to have consented to communicate with Teradactyl via regular internet e-mail transmission. Please note that Teradactyl reserves the right to intercept, monitor, and retain all e-mail messages (including secure e-mail messages) sent to or from its systems as permitted by applicable law. _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list Lustre-discuss(a)lists.lustre.org http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss