System freeze when transferring large files (libata)

System freeze when transferring large files (libata)

[Arve Knudsen]

I've been having this problem lately when transferring large amounts of  
data to my Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA 120GB drive, which is connected  
to a Promise SATA150 TX2 Plus controller. It happened once with an -mm  
kernel, but I figured it was probably down to instability in the -mm  
patchset. However it just happened to me again with a vanilla 2.6.6  
kernel, when untarring a backup. The system froze completely, I couldn't  
even use alt+sysrq+b to reboot. Are there any known issues with the  
Promise driver that can lead to such lockups? I've recently run a disc  
check which found no problems (it wasn't Maxtor's own though, but  
Seagate's as the Maxtor tools won't work with the controller).

Thanks

Arve Knudsen

Re: System freeze when transferring large files (libata)

[Arve Knudsen]

I thought I'd add that this is on an Asus A7N8X-X motherboard, and the  
filesystem is ext3.

On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 18:03:18 +0200, Arve Knudsen <aknuds-1@broadpark.no>  
wrote:

> I've been having this problem lately when transferring large amounts of  
> data to my Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA 120GB drive, which is connected  
> to a Promise SATA150 TX2 Plus controller. It happened once with an -mm  
> kernel, but I figured it was probably down to instability in the -mm  
> patchset. However it just happened to me again with a vanilla 2.6.6  
> kernel, when untarring a backup. The system froze completely, I couldn't  
> even use alt+sysrq+b to reboot. Are there any known issues with the  
> Promise driver that can lead to such lockups? I've recently run a disc  
> check which found no problems (it wasn't Maxtor's own though, but  
> Seagate's as the Maxtor tools won't work with the controller).
>
> Thanks
>
> Arve Knudsen

Re: System freeze when transferring large files (libata)

[Jeff Garzik]

Arve Knudsen wrote:
> I thought I'd add that this is on an Asus A7N8X-X motherboard, and the  
> filesystem is ext3.
> 
> On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 18:03:18 +0200, Arve Knudsen 
> <aknuds-1@broadpark.no>  wrote:
> 
>> I've been having this problem lately when transferring large amounts 
>> of  data to my Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA 120GB drive, which is 
>> connected  to a Promise SATA150 TX2 Plus controller. It happened once 
>> with an -mm  kernel, but I figured it was probably down to instability 
>> in the -mm  patchset. However it just happened to me again with a 
>> vanilla 2.6.6  kernel, when untarring a backup. The system froze 
>> completely, I couldn't  even use alt+sysrq+b to reboot. Are there any 
>> known issues with the  Promise driver that can lead to such lockups? 
>> I've recently run a disc  check which found no problems (it wasn't 
>> Maxtor's own though, but  Seagate's as the Maxtor tools won't work 
>> with the controller).


No known bugs at least.  Promise seems to be more stable than most, in fact.

Maybe you have an intermittent problem with your SATA cables.

	Jeff

Re: System freeze when transferring large files (libata)

[Arve Knudsen]

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 09:11:00 -0400, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:

> Arve Knudsen wrote:
>> I thought I'd add that this is on an Asus A7N8X-X motherboard, and the   
>> filesystem is ext3.
>>  On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 18:03:18 +0200, Arve Knudsen  
>> <aknuds-1@broadpark.no>  wrote:
>>
>>> I've been having this problem lately when transferring large amounts  
>>> of  data to my Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA 120GB drive, which is  
>>> connected  to a Promise SATA150 TX2 Plus controller. It happened once  
>>> with an -mm  kernel, but I figured it was probably down to instability  
>>> in the -mm  patchset. However it just happened to me again with a  
>>> vanilla 2.6.6  kernel, when untarring a backup. The system froze  
>>> completely, I couldn't  even use alt+sysrq+b to reboot. Are there any  
>>> known issues with the  Promise driver that can lead to such lockups?  
>>> I've recently run a disc  check which found no problems (it wasn't  
>>> Maxtor's own though, but  Seagate's as the Maxtor tools won't work  
>>> with the controller).
>
>
> No known bugs at least.  Promise seems to be more stable than most, in  
> fact.
>
> Maybe you have an intermittent problem with your SATA cables.

I've reproduced the error after untarring approximately 1.7GB to the  
Maxtor disk (after adding noapic and nolapic to my kernel parameters, as  
suggested by Patrick Dreker), but I was able to untar 12GB to my Seagate  
disk (the main drive) successfully on the same controller. I will try to  
swap cables/ports later, and see if writing to the Maxtor still hangs.

Question: Is it possible to have the kernel abort an i/o operation which  
is obviously stuck, so that a possible disk problem doesn't cause the  
whole system to hang?

Thanks

Arve Knudsen

Re: System freeze when transferring large files (libata)

[Arve Knudsen]

I switched ports/cables, and lockup (DMA timeout) still occurs with the  
Maxtor only. I take it we can rule out the possibility of a quirk related  
to the combination Promise/Maxtor? Looks like I'll be replacing this drive  
with a Seagate soon.

Regards

Arve Knudsen

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 09:11:00 -0400, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:

> Arve Knudsen wrote:
>> I thought I'd add that this is on an Asus A7N8X-X motherboard, and the   
>> filesystem is ext3.
>>  On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 18:03:18 +0200, Arve Knudsen  
>> <aknuds-1@broadpark.no>  wrote:
>>
>>> I've been having this problem lately when transferring large amounts  
>>> of  data to my Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA 120GB drive, which is  
>>> connected  to a Promise SATA150 TX2 Plus controller. It happened once  
>>> with an -mm  kernel, but I figured it was probably down to instability  
>>> in the -mm  patchset. However it just happened to me again with a  
>>> vanilla 2.6.6  kernel, when untarring a backup. The system froze  
>>> completely, I couldn't  even use alt+sysrq+b to reboot. Are there any  
>>> known issues with the  Promise driver that can lead to such lockups?  
>>> I've recently run a disc  check which found no problems (it wasn't  
>>> Maxtor's own though, but  Seagate's as the Maxtor tools won't work  
>>> with the controller).
>
>
> No known bugs at least.  Promise seems to be more stable than most, in  
> fact.
>
> Maybe you have an intermittent problem with your SATA cables.
>
> 	Jeff
>
>

Re: System freeze when transferring large files (libata)

[Catalin BOIE]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Arve Knudsen wrote:

> I switched ports/cables, and lockup (DMA timeout) still occurs with the 
> Maxtor only. I take it we can rule out the possibility of a quirk related  to 
> the combination Promise/Maxtor? Looks like I'll be replacing this drive  with 
> a Seagate soon.

I don't know if seagate is the way to go.
Check the blacklist in the kernel. There are a lot of drives listed.
Maybe the new ones don't have that problem.

>
> Regards
>
> Arve Knudsen
>
> On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 09:11:00 -0400, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Arve Knudsen wrote:
>>> I thought I'd add that this is on an Asus A7N8X-X motherboard, and the 
>>> filesystem is ext3.
>>>  On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 18:03:18 +0200, Arve Knudsen 
>>> <aknuds-1@broadpark.no>  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I've been having this problem lately when transferring large amounts 
>>>> of  data to my Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA 120GB drive, which is 
>>>> connected  to a Promise SATA150 TX2 Plus controller. It happened once 
>>>> with an -mm  kernel, but I figured it was probably down to instability 
>>>> in the -mm  patchset. However it just happened to me again with a 
>>>> vanilla 2.6.6  kernel, when untarring a backup. The system froze 
>>>> completely, I couldn't  even use alt+sysrq+b to reboot. Are there any 
>>>> known issues with the  Promise driver that can lead to such lockups? 
>>>> I've recently run a disc  check which found no problems (it wasn't 
>>>> Maxtor's own though, but  Seagate's as the Maxtor tools won't work 
>>>> with the controller).
>> 
>> 
>> No known bugs at least.  Promise seems to be more stable than most, in 
>> fact.
>> 
>> Maybe you have an intermittent problem with your SATA cables.
>> 
>> 	Jeff
>> 
>> 
>
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Re: System freeze when transferring large files (libata)

[Arve Knudsen]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:59:21 +0300 (EEST), Catalin BOIE  
<util@deuroconsult.ro> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Arve Knudsen wrote:
>
>> I switched ports/cables, and lockup (DMA timeout) still occurs with the  
>> Maxtor only. I take it we can rule out the possibility of a quirk  
>> related  to the combination Promise/Maxtor? Looks like I'll be  
>> replacing this drive  with a Seagate soon.
>
> I don't know if seagate is the way to go.
> Check the blacklist in the kernel. There are a lot of drives listed.
> Maybe the new ones don't have that problem.

 From what I recall there was a problem with Seagate and Silicon Image, no?  
My current Seagate drive seems to coexist just fine with the Promise (TX2  
Plus) controller.

Regards

Arve Knudsen

Re: System freeze when transferring large files (libata)

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Monday 12 of July 2004 17:17, Arve Knudsen wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:59:21 +0300 (EEST), Catalin BOIE
>
> <util@deuroconsult.ro> wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Arve Knudsen wrote:
> >> I switched ports/cables, and lockup (DMA timeout) still occurs with the
> >> Maxtor only. I take it we can rule out the possibility of a quirk
> >> related  to the combination Promise/Maxtor? Looks like I'll be
> >> replacing this drive  with a Seagate soon.
> >
> > I don't know if seagate is the way to go.
> > Check the blacklist in the kernel. There are a lot of drives listed.
> > Maybe the new ones don't have that problem.
>
>  From what I recall there was a problem with Seagate and Silicon Image, no?
> My current Seagate drive seems to coexist just fine with the Promise (TX2
> Plus) controller.

Right.