From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:17:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.168.28]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m2D7HSc9000988 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:17:30 -0700 Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:17:44 +0100 From: Andreas Kotes Subject: Re: XFS internal error Message-ID: <20080313071744.GB30874@slop.flatline.de> References: <470831E6.4030704@fastmail.co.uk> <20071008001452.GX995458@sgi.com> <20080310122216.GG14256@slop.flatline.de> <20080310223018.GA155407@sgi.com> <20080310225927.GP14256@slop.flatline.de> <20080310234539.GC155407@sgi.com> <20080311134746.GQ14256@slop.flatline.de> <20080312175050.GD14256@slop.flatline.de> <20080313000121.GU155407@sgi.com> <20080313071445.GA30874@slop.flatline.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080313071445.GA30874@slop.flatline.de> Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: David Chinner Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com Hello, * Andreas Kotes [20080313 08:14]: > * David Chinner [20080313 01:01]: > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 06:50:50PM +0100, Andreas Kotes wrote: > > > * Andreas Kotes [20080311 14:47]: > > > > I basically build a PXE image which does an xfs_repair -L /dev/sda2 from > > > > initrd - and the problem persists. Sigh. Exactly no change. > > > > Do you do this on every boot? > > no, I did this on a6b and a7b so far, where the problems I mentioned > occur, and only after I saw these in-memory problems. in general, XFS > proves to be realiable for us. > > would you recommend running an xfs_check before running an xfs_repair in > case of problems? oh, btw - running xfs_check doesn't work most of the time, as the log usually contains entries, and isn't replayed before shutdown .. I figure running this on every boot would leave me killing my log all of the time, if the shutdown didn't leave time to write the changes to disk? ;) Andreas -- flatline IT services - Andreas Kotes - Tailored solutions for your IT needs