reiserfs errors

reiserfs errors

[Fong Vang]

Could someone tell me what these error messages mean (these messages 
appear on the console and in /var/log/messages)?

    Aug 30 15:49:51 fongtest kernel: is_leaf: free space seems wrong: 
level=1, nr_items=58, free_space=12 rdkey
    Aug 30 15:49:51 fongtest kernel: vs-5150: search_by_key: invalid 
format found in block 15395. Fsck?
    ...
    ...
    Aug 30 15:49:51 fongtest kernel: vs-5150: search_by_key: invalid 
format found in block 15395. Fsck?
    Aug 30 15:49:51 fongtest kernel: vs-13070: reiserfs_read_inode2: i/o 
failure occurred trying to find stat data of [6 86762 0x0 SD]
    Aug 30 15:49:51 fongtest kernel:  [6 86779 0x0 SD]
    ...

It doesn't say which device is giving this error message.

This is the system configuration:

    Dual 2.4 Intel Xeon Processors (on SuperMicro motherboard)
    RedHat Linux 7.1
    RedHat's 2.4.18-24.7.xsmp kernel
    ReiserFS version 3.6.25


Any help would be appreciated.




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Re: reiserfs errors

[Oleg Drokin]

Hello!

On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 09:36:09AM -0700, Fong Vang wrote:

> Could someone tell me what these error messages mean (these messages 
> appear on the console and in /var/log/messages)?
>     Aug 30 15:49:51 fongtest kernel: is_leaf: free space seems wrong: 
> level=1, nr_items=58, free_space=12 rdkey
>     Aug 30 15:49:51 fongtest kernel: vs-5150: search_by_key: invalid 
> format found in block 15395. Fsck?

This is on-disk corruption.

> It doesn't say which device is giving this error message.

Yes, but newer kernels do this. (like 2.4.22)

> Any help would be appreciated.

Just get latest reiserfsprogs from ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiserfsprogs,
compile it and run reiserfsck on all suspected partitions.
Also it might be good idea to upgrade your kernel to e.g. 2.4.21

Bye,
    Oleg

ReiserFS errors

[David Härdeman]

Hi,

during a recent upgrade of the distribution (Debian Unstable) on my 
laptop, I accidentally filled the entire root partition (hda1). apt-get 
complained accordingly as some packages failed to be updated (no space 
left on device errors filled half of the console).

After freeing some more space, I reinstalled the packages which had 
failed installation, only to discover later that some files from the 
packages which where supposed to have been installed just fine were 
corrupt.

In the kernel logs I also saw this message repeated 20 or so times:
ReiserFS: hda1: warning: vs-8115: get_num_ver: not directory item

As there was now space on the device, a quick reinstall of the damaged 
packages rectified the situation, but my question is if this is an error 
in reiserfs? (I've experienced the exact same thing a few months ago, 
also then when the partition was full).

Hardware is an IBM G40 laptop with ICH4 IDE chipset, unknown HD 
(reported as IC25N040ATMR04-0) and kernel 2.6.6-mm4.

Please CC me on any replies.

Regards,
David Härdeman
david (AT) 2gen (dot) com