Re: [rdiff-backup-users] No space left on device caused by xattr

[Miroslav Geisselreiter]

Please check if you have free inodes on destination file system, use 
dumpe2fs -h /dev/xxx.

Miroslav Geisselreiter


Alexandre Martani napsal(a):
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 2:37 AM, Alexandre Martani<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am getting the exception "No space left on device", both when trying
> > to backup and when doing --check-destination-dir. I am sure there is
> > free space in the device, but I think this is related to some extended
> > attributes size limit. I am backing up an NTFS partition to an EXT4
> > partition.
> >
> > Any advice on how can I fix my backup?
> >
> > The traceback is this:
> >
> > Exception '[Errno 28] No space left on device' raised of class '<type
> > 'exceptions.IOError'>':
> >   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 304,
> > in error_check_Main
> >     try: Main(arglist)
> >   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 324, in Main
> >     take_action(rps)
> >   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 282,
> > in take_action
> >     elif action == "check-destination-dir": CheckDest(rps[0])
> >   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 872,
> > in CheckDest
> >     dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp)
> >   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line
> > 71, in Regress
> >     for rf in iterate_meta_rfs(mirror_rp, inc_rpath): ITR(rf.index, rf)
> >   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line
> > 281, in __call__
> >     last_branch.fast_process(*args)
> >   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line
> > 268, in fast_process
> >     if rf.metadata_rorp.isreg(): self.restore_orig_regfile(rf)
> >   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line
> > 292, in restore_orig_regfile
> >     rpath.copy_attribs(rf.metadata_rorp, tf)
> >   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 181,
> > in copy_attribs
> >     if Globals.eas_write: rpout.write_ea(rpin.get_ea())
> >   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
> > 1347, in write_ea
> >     ea.write_to_rp(self)
> >   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/eas_acls.py", line
> > 114, in write_to_rp
> >     rp.conn.xattr.setxattr(rp.path, name, value, 0, rp.issym())
> I used winpdb to get more information on the error. I am backing up my
> Windows user profile folder. The error happens when it tries to set
> the xattr "user.favicon" on the file
> Users/[username]/Favorites/Links/rdiff-backup.tmp.6
>
> So, what is this favicon that rdiff-backup is trying to back up? Does
> NTFS uses extended attributes? Is rdiff-backup converting these
> extended attributes from an NTFS file to unix xattr? (target backup
> folder is an EXT4 drive). Also, is the EXT4 maximum xattr size smaller
> than NTFS? In this case, I think rdiff-backup should check for this
> and store these attributes in some other way.
>
> Also, any suggestion to fix my backup? I don't want to lose previous
> revisions, and I am getting this error even when trying to do a
> --check-destination-dir.
>
> Thank you,
> --
> Alexandre Martani - amartani em gmail com
>
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