Coda File System

Re: crash in rvmlib_free (not necessarily) during repair

From: Piotr Isajew <pki_at_ex.com.pl>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 15:35:13 +0200
Hi Rune,

On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 12:17:03PM +0000, u-codalist-rcma_at_aetey.se wrote:

> [...]
> As for deep file trees, copying them to Coda more often than
> not leads to conflicts. I am not surprised that such errors can
> trigger crashes - as these are apparently unexpected
> situations, neither expected  by the code (probably triggered
> by some races?). 
> 

I'm not surprised either. The most frustrating is that those are
probably some minor bugs that make it difficult to use this
otherwise excellent project.

> [...] 
> I would suggest scripting the copy into slices per file hierarchy
> level (i.e. breadth first) and ensuring that the changes are fully
> reintegrated/resolved before copying the next deeper slice.

will check this. Thanks.
Received on 2013-07-08 09:35:29