2008-10-21 02:08:45

by gshan

Subject: pls help me: ext3 filesystem reported errors while deleting files

Hi All,

After I uncompressed a big tar file (about 600MB) that has been mounted
through NFS to local
hard disk, I tried to delete all of files from the tar file, but ext3
filesystem reported huge errors
as follows. Note that I'm using IDE driver instead of ATA driver for
hard disk.

SP(27-A) $ cd /disk_root/
SP(27-A) $ busybox tar -zxf /aaa/Gavin/sp3m/target_7xx_cge5.2008-07-10.tgz
SP(27-A) $ ls
bin home media root sys
boot lib mnt sbin tmp
dev lost+found opt selinux usr
etc man proc srv var
SP(27-A) $ rm -fr *
EXT3-fs error (device hdc5): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared
for block 538640
EXT3-fs error (device hdc5): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared
for block 538648
EXT3-fs error (device hdc5): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared
for block 538648
EXT3-fs error (device hdc5): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared
for block 534539
EXT3-fs error (device hdc5): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared
for block 534540
:
:

Thanks,
Gavin

2008-10-29 21:45:29

by Theodore Ts'o

Subject: Re: pls help me: ext3 filesystem reported errors while deleting files

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:08:06AM +0800, gshan wrote:
> After I uncompressed a big tar file (about 600MB) that has been mounted
> through NFS to local
> hard disk, I tried to delete all of files from the tar file, but ext3
> filesystem reported huge errors
> as follows. Note that I'm using IDE driver instead of ATA driver for
> hard disk.
>
> SP(27-A) $ rm -fr *
> EXT3-fs error (device hdc5): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared
> for block 538640
> EXT3-fs error (device hdc5): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared
> for block 538648

Can you replicate the problem? I would suggest fixing the filesystem
corruptions using e2fsck, and then seeing if you can replicate the
problem.

Note that this sort of problem can be caused by hardware problems or
device driver issues.

- Ted