Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 14:22:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 14:22:04 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:4875 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 14:21:42 -0500 Message-ID: <3C7BDFE6.313AA43D@zip.com.au> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:20:06 -0800 From: Andrew Morton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.18-rc2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Florian Lohoff CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [CRASH] gdth / __block_prepare_write: zeroing uptodate buffer! / NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP In-Reply-To: <20020226184043.GA10420@paradigm.rfc822.org> <3C7BDC57.A835D657@zip.com.au>, <3C7BDC57.A835D657@zip.com.au> <20020226191626.GA11283@paradigm.rfc822.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Florian Lohoff wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 11:04:55AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > __block_prepare_write: zeroing uptodate buffer! > > > > Yup. This happens when the disk fills up. Andrea and I were > > discussing it over the weekend. There's a new patch in the -aa > > kernels which doesn't quite fix it :( > > > > We'll fix it in 2.4.19-pre somehow. It's possible that this problem > > causes a chnuk of zeroes to be written into the file when you hit > > ENOSPC, which is rather rude. But your file was truncated anyway. > > I dont think the machine had full filesystems at all. I/O error when reading filesystem metadata would also cause it. - 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/