Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756803AbXLGS67 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:58:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754133AbXLGS6v (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:58:51 -0500 Received: from odyssey.analogic.com ([204.178.40.5]:3706 "EHLO odyssey.analogic.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753971AbXLGS6u convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:58:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Dec 2007 18:58:45.0293 (UTC) FILETIME=[312F55D0:01C83903] Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: Possible EXT2 race Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:58:40 -0500 Message-ID: in-reply-to: <20071207165101.GA26631@redhat.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Possible EXT2 race thread-index: Acg5AzFXQ+jLGzncSKWu4akfzHIrsw== References: <20071207165101.GA26631@redhat.com> From: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" To: "Dave Jones" Cc: "Linux kernel" Reply-To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1622 Lines: 39 On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Dave Jones wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 08:15:42AM -0500, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > > > Dec 7 04:05:55 chaos kernel: sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Peripheral device write fault > > This sounds more like a hardware problem. > > Dave > There was an attempt to write beyond the end of the device because everything in the file-system was getting trashed. I can read/write the 5 year-old SCSI physical drive with no errors from both within linux and through the Adaptec BIOS. This problem only occurs when I attempt to truncate a file that is being written by another task. > -- > http://www.codemonkey.org.uk > Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.22.1 on an i686 machine (5588.29 BogoMips). My book : http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/ _ **************************************************************** The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies of this information, including any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. Thank you. -- 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/