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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Lou Langholtz <ldl@aros.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test2+ext3+dbench=Buffer I/O error
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:05:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030731120512.GQ22104@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F284CE6.6080701@aros.net>

On Wed, Jul 30 2003, Lou Langholtz wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> >Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>Greetings,
> >>
> >>While trying to duplicate Randy Hron's "dbench has intermittent hang on 
> >>2.6.0-test1-ac2" report, I received quite a few "Buffer I/O error on 
> >>/dev/hda8, logical block N" messages.  (changing elevators makes no 
> >>difference fwiw).
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >That's just a gremlinlet.  You can delete the offending printk for now.
> >
> > 
> >
> >>I went back to test1, and it spat up a couple of "buffer 
> >>layer error" messages and associated traces.   Attempting to umount 
> >>afterward to run fsck left umount in D state.  See attachment.
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >Well that's a worry.  Is it repeatable? . . .
> >
> Any chance this problem is a consequence of not yet having Sean 
> Estabrooks partial bvec patch in this person's kernel??? 
> <http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0307.3/0861.html>. Jens 
> said he applied it on 2003/7/27 so it doesn't seem like this could have 
> made it into 2.6.0-test1-ac2.

no not unless Mike is using taskfile + pio, and even then I've never
heard of it triggering.

-- 
Jens Axboe


  reply	other threads:[~2003-07-31 12:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-30 14:54 2.6.0-test2+ext3+dbench=Buffer I/O error Mike Galbraith
2003-07-30 22:09 ` Andrew Morton
2003-07-30 22:55   ` Lou Langholtz
2003-07-31 12:05     ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2003-07-31  4:13   ` Mike Galbraith
2003-07-31 16:54   ` Bill Davidsen

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