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From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdlab.org>
To: Adam McKenna <adam-dated-999656018.ee55e0@flounder.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Strange kernel messages
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:22:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B8FABA7.D06F4ACF@osdlab.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010830191338.D19430@flounder.net>

Adam McKenna wrote:
> 
> Can someone please explain what these error messages mean?
> 
> Aug 30 12:23:17 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x24d6e80), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x24d4ba0)
> Aug 30 12:23:17 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x24d4ba0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x24d6e80)
> Aug 30 12:35:02 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x24d6e80), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x24d4ba0)
> Aug 30 12:35:02 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x24d4ba0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x24d6e80)
> Aug 30 13:49:36 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0)
> Aug 30 13:49:36 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81)
> Aug 30 13:54:38 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0)
> Aug 30 13:54:38 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81)
> Aug 30 13:59:40 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0)
> Aug 30 13:59:40 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81)
> Aug 30 14:04:41 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0)
> Aug 30 14:04:41 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81)
> Aug 30 14:09:43 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0)
> Aug 30 14:09:43 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81)
> Aug 30 14:10:19 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0)
> Aug 30 14:10:19 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81)
> Aug 30 14:15:17 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0)
> Aug 30 14:15:17 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81)
> Aug 30 14:20:19 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0)
> Aug 30 14:20:19 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81)
> Aug 30 14:25:21 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0)
> Aug 30 14:25:21 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81)
> Aug 30 14:30:23 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0)
> Aug 30 14:30:23 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81)
> Aug 30 14:35:27 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0)
> Aug 30 14:35:27 ren kernel: expected (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05ea0), got
> (0x3af6c03f/0x2c05e81)
> 
> This is on stock Linux 2.4.5, SMP enabled.

Couple of observations:

a.  Not knowing this message, I grepped thru the kernel source tree
and found it easily (hint).  It comes from linux/fs/nfs/inode.c,
when the NFS inode is being updated but doesn't match what is
expected (it seems, from reading the code and comments).

b.  Some kernel message context would usually be helpful.
This message should have been preceded by the message:
  nfs_refresh_inode: inode number mismatch

I expect that some FS/NFS people can give you even better info.

~Randy

      reply	other threads:[~2001-08-31 15:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-31  2:13 Strange kernel messages Adam McKenna
2001-08-31 15:22 ` Randy.Dunlap [this message]

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