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From: Lou Langholtz <ldl@aros.net>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test2+ext3+dbench=Buffer I/O error
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:55:34 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F284CE6.6080701@aros.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030730150902.5281f72c.akpm@osdl.org>

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.


  reply	other threads:[~2003-07-30 22:57 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 [this message]
2003-07-31 12:05     ` Jens Axboe
2003-07-31  4:13   ` Mike Galbraith
2003-07-31 16:54   ` Bill Davidsen

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