[LU-2440] git repositories get corrupted

• Type: Story
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Priority: Major
• Affects Version/s: Lustre 1.8.6
• Environment: EL5
• Assignee: Richard Henwood (Inactive)
• Reporter: Richard Henwood (Inactive)

Description

I have received notice of an issue a user at TACC is having:

I am having a problem where my git repositories on TACC systems get corrupted, leading to errors like this:

login4$ git status
fatal: index file smaller than expected
login4$ git status
error: object file .git/objects/01/ee9f4bfe74aaee027a3e8418d70d337e1235d3
is empty
fatal: loose object 01ee9f4bfe74aaee027a3e8418d70d337e1235d3 (stored in
.git/objects/01/ee9f4bfe74aaee027a3e8418d70d337e1235d3) is corrupt
login4$ git status
error: object file .git/objects/8d/6083737dae5cb67906ac26702465ca2d70bc95
is empty
fatal: loose object 8d6083737dae5cb67906ac26702465ca2d70bc95 (stored in
.git/objects/8d/6083737dae5cb67906ac26702465ca2d70bc95) is corrupt
login4$ git status
error: object file .git/objects/bc/61c57143652fbf198de898ca7bb9d5659a5de0
is empty
fatal: loose object bc61c57143652fbf198de898ca7bb9d5659a5de0 (stored in
.git/objects/bc/61c57143652fbf198de898ca7bb9d5659a5de0) is corrupt

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-2276 is open() idempotent in regards to being restarted after a signal interrupts it?
• is related to: LU-305 utime() fails with EINTR : not conform to POSIX standard