Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 06:45:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 06:44:57 -0500 Received: from hermes.domdv.de ([193.102.202.1]:49927 "EHLO zeus.domdv.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 06:44:56 -0500 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.1 on Linux X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20011213092908.6764@smtp.wanadoo.fr> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:41:37 +0100 (CET) Organization: D.O.M. Datenverarbeitung GmbH From: Andreas Steinmetz To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: Kernel-2.4.17pre8 & invalidate: busy buffer Cc: Alexander Viro , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Chen Shiyuan Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org You will see this message with LVM too when issuing vgscan/vgchange. On 13-Dec-2001 Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: >>Hello, >> >>Currently while running on a RedHat Linux 7.2 box with kernel- >>2.4.17pre8, whenever I run the "hdparm -t /dev/sda3" command, the >>following error message will appear around 33+ times >>in /var/log/messages as well as "dmesg" . >> >>invalidate: busy buffer >> >>The machine in question is a Dell PowerEdge 2550 with an AACRAID >>controller and 2 x 18GB HDs in RAID-1 configuration and /dev/sda3 being >>mount as / . > > That's interesting. I've been seeing this message for some time now > (I think since around 2.4.15 at least, maybe longer). I modified the > printk to display the device number, and at that time, it seemed to > always originate from the partition that had a mounted HFS volume. > So I just added that to my (long) list of HFS bugs to fix when I > find enough time to dive into it. > > However, I just got a report from some users having the same message > displayed when using parted and with no HFS partition (HFS filesystem > not loaded). I personally see this messages when using/leaving MacOnLinux > emulator (which is opening the block device of a partition that is also > mounted), or when shutting down the box. > > Al, any clue ? Something you want me to do to track it further down ? > > Ben. > > > - > 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/ > Andreas Steinmetz D.O.M. Datenverarbeitung GmbH - 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/