From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 18:56:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 18:56:30 -0400 Received: from [208.48.139.185] ([208.48.139.185]:42115 "HELO forty.greenhydrant.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 29 Aug 2001 18:56:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:56:33 -0700 From: David Rees To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ext3-users@redhat.com Subject: Re: kupdated, bdflush and kjournald stuck in D state on RAID1 device (deadlock?) Message-ID: <20010829155633.D21590@greenhydrant.com> Mail-Followup-To: David Rees , Andrew Morton , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ext3-users@redhat.com In-Reply-To: <3B8D54F3.46DC2ABB@zip.com.au>, <3B8D54F3.46DC2ABB@zip.com.au>; <20010829141451.A20968@greenhydrant.com> <3B8D60CF.A1400171@zip.com.au>, <3B8D60CF.A1400171@zip.com.au>; <20010829144016.C20968@greenhydrant.com> <3B8D6BF9.BFFC4505@zip.com.au>, <3B8D6BF9.BFFC4505@zip.com.au>; <20010829153818.B21590@greenhydrant.com> <3B8D712C.1441BC5A@zip.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B8D712C.1441BC5A@zip.com.au>; from akpm@zip.com.au on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 03:48:12PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 03:48:12PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > David Rees wrote: > > Are you able to access all the underlying devices on the array? > For example, if /dev/md0 consists of /dev/hda1 and /dev/hdb2, > can you run 'cp /dev/hda1 /dev/null' and 'cp /dev/hdb1 /dev/null'? > > If so, then I'm all out of ideas. Your raid1 buffers have disappeared > into thin air :( Copying as I write this (actually, `cat /dev/hde1 > /dev/null` and `cat /dev/hdg1 >/dev/null`. Well, if no-one knows, I'll reboot and cross my fingers that it doesn't happen again. Thanks, Dave