A disk so full, it couldn't be restored

Re:A disk so full, it couldn't be restored by aidenn0 on Thursday April 04, 2024 @09:26AM (#39930130)

You're misunderstanding. See the sibling thread where p_l says that this problem has been resolved, and any further occurrence would be treated as a bug. Setting the quota is only done now to reduce fragmentation (ZFS's fragmentation avoidance requires sufficient free space to be effective).

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Re:A disk so full, it couldn't be restored by bbarnett on Thursday April 04, 2024 @09:41AM (#39930295)

No, I'm not. They said the "recommended solution" for this issue is to use a quota.

They also said it was mainly used for other issues, such as fragmentation. In other words, this was stated as a fix for the file delete issue.

How does this invalidate my comment, that this was a broken implementation?

It doesn't matter if it will be fixed in the future, or was just fixed.

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Re:A disk so full, it couldn't be restored by aidenn0 on Thursday April 04, 2024 @12:14PM (#39932339)

According to rincebrain, the "disk too full to delete files" was fixed "shortly after the fork" which means "shortly after 2012." My information was quite out of date.

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Re:A disk so full, it couldn't be restored by bbarnett on Thursday April 04, 2024 @12:17PM (#39932387)

Well I'm glad they fixed a bug, which made the filesystem unusable. Good on them, and thank you for clarification.

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