Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272465AbTGaMF1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:05:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272467AbTGaMF0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:05:26 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:42917 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272465AbTGaMFW (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:05:22 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:05:12 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Lou Langholtz Cc: Andrew Morton , Mike Galbraith , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test2+ext3+dbench=Buffer I/O error Message-ID: <20030731120512.GQ22104@suse.de> References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030730163933.00b41b50@wen-online.de> <20030730150902.5281f72c.akpm@osdl.org> <3F284CE6.6080701@aros.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F284CE6.6080701@aros.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1424 Lines: 44 On Wed, Jul 30 2003, Lou Langholtz wrote: > Andrew Morton wrote: > > >Mike Galbraith 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??? > . 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/