From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: 3.2-rc4: scrubbing locks up the kernel, then hung tasks on boot Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:37:08 -0700 Message-ID: <20120318003708.GE22993@kroah.com> References: <201112171833.34720.Martin@lichtvoll.de> <20120315174245.GV19217@shiny> <201203161605.47792.Martin@lichtvoll.de> <201203171043.25660.Martin@lichtvoll.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, Chris Mason , Arne Jansen , stable@kernel.org To: Martin Steigerwald Return-path: In-Reply-To: <201203171043.25660.Martin@lichtvoll.de> List-ID: On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:43:25AM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Hi Greg, Chris, Arne, hi everyone, >=20 > Am Freitag, 16. M=C3=A4rz 2012 schrieb Martin Steigerwald: > > Am Donnerstag, 15. M=C3=A4rz 2012 schrieb Chris Mason: > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 06:32:19PM +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrot= e: > > > > Am Samstag, 25. Februar 2012 schrieb Arne Jansen: > > > > > On 02/24/12 16:51, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > > > > Am Samstag, 21. Januar 2012 schrieb Martin Steigerwald: > > > > > >> Am Samstag, 21. Januar 2012 schrieb Martin Steigerwald: > > > > > >>> I still have this with 3.2.0-1-pae - which is a debian ke= rnel > > > > > >>> based on 3.2.1. > > > > > >>>=20 > > > > > >>> When I do btrfs scrub start / the machine locks immediate= ly > > > > > >>> up hard. > > > > > >>>=20 > > > > > >>> Then usually on next boot it stops on space_cache enabled > > > > > >>> message, but not the one for /, but the one for /home wh= ich > > > > > >>> is mounted later. > >=20 > > [=E2=80=A6] > >=20 > > > > > >> I now tested scrubbing /home which is a different BTRFS > > > > > >> filesystem on the same machine. > > > > > >>=20 > > > > > >> Then the scrub is started, scrub status tells me so, but > > > > > >> nothing happens, no block in/out activity in vmstat, no CP= U > > > > > >> related activity in top. > > > > > >>=20 > > > > > >> btrfs scrub cancel then hangs, but not the complete machin= e, > > > > > >> only the process. > > > > > >>=20 > > > > > >> I had this once on my T520 with the internal Intel SSD 320= as > > > > > >> well. The other time it worked. > > > > > >>=20 > > > > > >> Well maybe that is due to BTRFS doing something else on my= T23 > > > > > >> now: > > > > > >>=20 > > > > > >> deepdance:~> ps aux | grep ino-cache | grep -v grep > > > > > >> root 1992 5.5 0.0 0 0 ? D 12:15 = =20 > > > > > >> 0:09 [btrfs- ino-cache] > >=20 > > [=E2=80=A6] > >=20 > > > > > >> At least it doesn=C2=B4t lock up hard, so there might real= ly be > > > > > >> something strange with /. > > > > > >=20 > > > > > > FWIW a btrfs filesystem balance / does work. After this a b= trfs > > > > > > scrub start / still locks the kernel. > > > > >=20 > > > > > Hi Martin, > > > > >=20 > > > > > I just sent 2 patches to the list. Could you please test if t= hese > > > > > fix your problem with scrub? > > > >=20 > > > > I didn=C2=B4t yet test it but I tried the first balance then sc= rub stuff > > >=20 > > > > again: > > > Looks like you're on a 32 bit machine. The current for-linus bra= nch > > > has an important fix for scrub on 32 bit that should solve this. > >=20 > > So finally - the machine did make-kpkg over night and complained ab= out > > missing Documentation lguest, then I switched off lots from distro > > default config and just did the usual make stuff - I was able to sc= rub > > both partitions on that ThinkPad T23: > >=20 > > deepdance:~> btrfs scrub status / > > scrub status for 2bf5b1dc-1d89-4f0d-a561-1a5551a27275 > > scrub started at Fri Mar 16 11:56:12 2012 and finished afte= r > > 741 seconds total bytes scrubbed: 9.62GB with 0 errors > >=20 > > deepdance:~> btrfs scrub status /home > > scrub status for a600de65-e1ab-4cbf-b150-bbaeaf9fa98d > > scrub started at Fri Mar 16 12:00:31 2012 and finished afte= r > > 1708 seconds total bytes scrubbed: 36.63GB with 0 errors > >=20 > > Thanks a lot for fixing this. > >=20 > > Tested-by: Martin Steigerwald > [=E2=80=A6] >=20 > Would that patch >=20 > Btrfs: fix casting error in scrub reada code >=20 > http://git.kernel.org/?p=3Dlinux/kernel/git/mason/linux- > btrfs.git;a=3Dcommit;h=3Da175423c831ea582c06784d1e172d2ce1d79923a >=20 > (sorry for line break. KMail insists on it even when I disable line b= reaks=20 > due to the minus sign in the URL.) >=20 > that I tested above be something for stable? This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to do this properly. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html