Re: $25 question - ReiserFS 3.6 data errors on 2.4.23

[Jens Benecke <jens@spamfreemail.de>]

Vladimir Saveliev wrote:

> Hello

Hi,

thanks for your answer.
 
>> Feb 17 14:40:18 linux1 kernel: is_leaf: item location seems wrong (second
>> one): *3.6* [68637 68643 0x1 IND], item_len 8, item_location 1444,
>> free_space(entry_count) 0
>> Feb 17 14:40:18 linux1 kernel: drbd(43,0):vs-5150: search_by_key: invalid
>> format found in block 4683374. Fsck?
> 
> These days usually when one notices similar corruptions - he later
> discovers hardware problem (memory problem more often). May I ask you to
> try memtest for some time.

We did, we even exchanged memory, it happened again.
 
> Does linux1 have other reiserfs filesystem with similar loads?

Only the root file system. 
There is only / and /home on this machine, and / never had any problems.

> Can you switch machine linux1 with other machine which runs flawlessly
> currently?

We actually bought new ones now. When they are running fine we'll be able to
take the old ones and investigate more thoroughly.
But that'll probably take some more weeks, because I don't have time to do
the setup on the new machines ATM. (diploma thesis :)

> Then if that machine will get filesystem corruptions - then we probably
> have a bug which comes up on the load linux1 is currently running under.
> If it will work well - than linux1 is probably not very reliable.

Well... it's a K6-350 with 128MB about six years old. With new RAM and new
harddisks though. (IBM 120GB)


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