Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756368AbXITN0S (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:26:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754313AbXITN0J (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:26:09 -0400 Received: from herkules.vianova.fi ([194.100.28.129]:40548 "HELO mail.vianova.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753914AbXITN0I (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:26:08 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:25:33 +0300 From: Ville Herva To: Willy Tarreau Cc: Jan Kara , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.35 SMP: ext3_readdir: bad entry in directory #323888: rec_len is smaller than minimal Message-ID: <20070920132533.GC5076@vianova.fi> Reply-To: v@iki.fi References: <20070918122314.GL29062@vianova.fi> <20070918151206.GC13304@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20070918160949.GR29062@vianova.fi> <20070918162256.GA3280@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20070918163326.GT29062@vianova.fi> <20070918214705.GG10199@1wt.eu> <20070920124537.GB5076@vianova.fi> <20070920132055.GB12291@1wt.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070920132055.GB12291@1wt.eu> X-Operating-System: Linux herkules.vianova.fi 2.4.35 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1314 Lines: 41 On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 03:20:55PM +0200, you [Willy Tarreau] wrote: > OK. And your config seems perfectly standard. > > > gcc 2.96-129: > > cat /proc/version > > Linux version 2.4.35 (root) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.2 2.96-129.7.2)) #1 SMP Thu Aug 9 10:35:37 EEST 2007 > > I used not to trust 2.96, but I wouldn't accuse it now. The box was virtualized a while ago and 2.4.32-rc1 and earlier 2.4 compiled with the same compiler ran very solidly for years. It was UP before virtualization, though. > > share of chipset bugs with older Via chipsets, but I think it's very likely > > in this case. > > I think you meant "unlikely". Yep, sorry for the typo. > > This could very well be a VMware bug, but I wanted to know if this rings > > bells for someone. > > It could also be a problem with the host OS, drivers, hardware, etc... Yes, pretty much anything. There's no solid evidency of anything, only guesses of what might be more likely and what might be less likely... If it happens again, I'll try to debug more. -- v -- v@iki.fi - 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/