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Understanding a triggered assertion

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Description

What could possibly lead to errno being set to 7 at the following line:

https://github.com/hpc/mpifileutils/blob/0a4c530bca5dc2476418a3833a15ab812d636e78/src/common/mfu_io.c#L1051

This is triggered when making a Tio sized copy of many small files on a recent Luster FS.

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Research direction

Start at src/common/mfu_io.c line 1051 and inspect the assertion and surrounding errno handling. Reproduce a Tio-sized copy of many small files on a recent Lustre filesystem, then trace what leads to errno being 7 and document the confirmed cause.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
operating-systems, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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