From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751569Ab1JLEY0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:24:26 -0400 Received: from mo-65-41-216-221.sta.embarqhsd.net ([65.41.216.221]:33127 "EHLO greer.hardwarefreak.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750907Ab1JLEYZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:24:25 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 655 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:24:25 EDT Message-ID: <4E9513EA.2070709@hardwarefreak.com> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:13:30 -0500 From: Stan Hoeppner Reply-To: stan@hardwarefreak.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Chinner CC: Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, aradford@gmail.com, xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: 2.6.38.8 kernel bug in XFS or megaraid driver with heavy I/O load References: <20111011091757.GA32589@otto.nzcorp.net> <20111011133448.GA10692@infradead.org> <20111011141338.GA11808@otto.nzcorp.net> <20111012003526.GI3159@dastard> In-Reply-To: <20111012003526.GI3159@dastard> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 10/11/2011 7:35 PM, Dave Chinner wrote: > FWIW, if it's a repeatable problem, you might want to update the > driver and controller firmware to something more recent and see if > that solves the problem.... New firmware was released on 08/11/2011 for the SAS2208 dual core ASIC based cards, the 9265-8i and 9285-8i. I'd say the odds are good that the OP's card(s) shipped with the original firmware, given this one was released exactly two months ago today. Complete list of bug fixes and enhancements in this firmware: http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16557.aspx I didn't count them but it looks like a few hundred, which makes this a major product refresh, and seems to indicate the original firmware for these two cards was a bit buggy. This is the 2nd firmware release. Firmware file: http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/MegaRAID%20Common%20Files/23.1.1-0004_SAS_FW_Image_3.140.15-1320.zip -- Stan