Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262508AbVBBSgR (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:36:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262650AbVBBSgR (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:36:17 -0500 Received: from alog0123.analogic.com ([208.224.220.138]:1664 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262512AbVBBSfm (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:35:42 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:35:55 -0500 (EST) From: linux-os Reply-To: linux-os@analogic.com To: Linux kernel Subject: Re: Joe User DOS kills Linux-2.6.10 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4180 Lines: 104 Additional information: My swap-file is also on /dev/sdb2. It appears as though swap is being written beyond the end of the SCSI device and the device doesn't like it. Also on a subsequent re-boot the signature in the swap file had been destroyed so that swapon didn't like it. I needed to use `mkswap` again. On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, linux-os wrote: > > When I compile and run the following program: > > #include > int main(int x, char **y) > { > pause(); > } > ... as: > > ./xxx `yes` > > ... the following occurs after about 30 seconds (your mileage > may vary): > > Additional sense: Peripheral device write fault > end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 34605780 > SCSI error : <0 0 1 0> return code = 0x8000002 > Info fld=0x2100101, Deferred sdb: sense key Medium Error > Additional sense: Peripheral device write fault > end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 34603748 > SCSI error : <0 0 1 0> return code = 0x8000002 > Info fld=0x2100103, Deferred sdb: sense key Medium Error > Additional sense: Peripheral device write fault > end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 34606804 > SCSI error : <0 0 1 0> return code = 0x8000002 > Info fld=0x213d5cd, Deferred sdb: sense key Medium Error > Additional sense: Peripheral device write fault > end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 33943668 > SCSI error : <0 0 1 0> return code = 0x8000002 > Info fld=0x213d5ce, Deferred sdb: sense key Medium Error > Additional sense: Peripheral device write fault > end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 33943676 > SCSI error : <0 0 1 0> return code = 0x8000002 > Info fld=0x213d5cf, Deferred sdb: sense key Medium Error > Additional sense: Peripheral device write fault > end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 33943684 > SCSI error : <0 0 1 0> return code = 0x8000002 > Info fld=0x213d5d0, Deferred sdb: sense key Medium Error > Additional sense: Peripheral device write fault > end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 33943692 > SCSI error : <0 0 1 0> return code = 0x8000002 > Info fld=0x2149672, Deferred sdb: sense key Medium Error > Additional sense: Peripheral device write fault > end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 9437375 > Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 1179664 > lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1 > SCSI error : <0 0 1 0> return code = 0x8000002 > Info fld=0x2149673, Deferred sdb: sense key Medium Error > Additional sense: Peripheral device write fault > end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 34903668 > SCSI error : <0 0 1 0> return code = 0x8000002 > Info fld=0x214967c, Current sdb: sense key Medium Error > Additional sense: Peripheral device write fault > end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 34903676 > > This device, /dev/sdb1 is one of the mounted file-systems. > It is not being accessed. The root filesystem is on > an IDE drive (/proc/mounts): > > rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 > /dev/root.old /initrd ext2 rw 0 0 > /dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0 > /proc /proc proc rw,nodiratime 0 0 > /sys /sys sysfs rw 0 0 > none /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 > /dev/sdb1 /home/project ext2 rw 0 0 > /dev/sda1 /dos/drive_C msdos rw,nodiratime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022 0 0 > /dev/sda5 /dos/drive_D msdos rw,nodiratime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022 0 0 > sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0 > > This continues until the system is too sick to even be re-booted > from the console. It requires the reset switch. > > It looks like the command-line argument is probably overflowing > something in the kernel, resulting in non-related problems. > > Cheers, > Dick Johnson > Penguin : Linux version 2.6.10 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips). > Notice : All mail here is now cached for review by Dictator Bush. > 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.10 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips). Notice : All mail here is now cached for review by Dictator Bush. 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. - 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/