On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Ted Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 09:37:20PM -0600, Jon Nelson wrote: >> One difference is the location of the transaction logs (pg_xlog). In >> my case, /var/lib/pgsql/data *is* mountpoint for the test volume >> (actually, it's a symlink to the mount point). In your case, that is >> not so. Perhaps that makes a difference? Âpgsql_tmp might also be on >> two different volumes in your case (I can't be sure). > > I just tried tried to run t.sql five times with /var/lib/postgres as a > mountpoint for a 5400 rpm disk, and I still haven't been able to > replicate it. You should be OK, there. Are you using encryption or no? I had difficulty replicating the issue without encryption. > If you can point out how to query pgsql_tmp (I'm using a completely > default postgres install), that would be helpful, but I don't think it > would be going anywhere else. Normally it's /var/lib/pgsql/data/pgsql_tmp (or /var/lib/postgres/data/pgsql_tmp in your case). By placing /var/lib/{postgresql,pgsql}/data on the LUKS + ext4 volume, on both openSUSE 11.3 and Kubuntu, I was able to replicate the problem easily, in VirtualBox. I can give qemu a try. In both cases I was using a 2.6.37x kernel. -- Jon -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel