Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752256AbZKLKMy (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:12:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751878AbZKLKMx (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:12:53 -0500 Received: from [95.166.99.235] ([95.166.99.235]:54015 "EHLO kernel.dk" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751683AbZKLKMx (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:12:53 -0500 Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:12:58 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Glenn Maynard Cc: Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi Subject: Re: Crash during SATA reads Message-ID: <20091112101257.GG8742@kernel.dk> References: <4AFA835B.9000904@garzik.org> <4AFB2F2A.7080900@garzik.org> <20091112091602.GC8742@kernel.dk> <20091112095544.GF8742@kernel.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1153 Lines: 28 On Thu, Nov 12 2009, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Jens Axboe wrote: > > To rule out any potential hardware problems, have you run any extensive > > memory checks on this machine? > > God damn it. I ran memtest+ just a week or so ago and it was fine > through several passes; now it's failing badly. I'm inclined to send > Kingston a bill for a day and a half of wasted time. Auch, perhaps it's just seated badly? Power problems? Or yes, you just got crap RAM :/ > I didn't think back to memory since I'm used to memory problems in > userspace, where they cause wildly variable crashes. Of course, the > kernel's far more likely to stick data in the same spot, so it makes > sense that it doesn't cause as much volatility, leading to a bunch of > related-looking crashes. Well, at least it's a relief that it isn't a kernel issue :-) -- Jens Axboe -- 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/