2006-10-11 16:56:51

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: Re: 2.6.19-rc1-mm1 (ext4 problem ?)

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:02:14 -0700
Badari Pulavarty <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 21:01 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > > Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.19-rc1/2.6.19-rc1-mm1/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > - Added the ext4 filesystem. Quick usage instructions:
> > > >
> > > > - Grab updated e2fsprogs from
> > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs-interim/
> > > >
>
> ext4 did not survive my simple stress tests.
>
> I ran 4 copies of fsx on ext4dev filesystem (without extents) +
> 4 copies of fsx on ext4dev (with extents).
>
> Machine hung after running for few hours. There are 4 fsx sigsegv
> messages on the console and the last message on the console is
>
> do_IRQ: 0.62 No irq handler for vector
>

Quite a few people are hitting that - it's related to Eric's recent
IRQ/APIC-routing changes.

I don't know why that would cause fsx to get a sigsegv though.


2006-10-11 17:08:51

by Badari Pulavarty

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Subject: Re: 2.6.19-rc1-mm1 (ext4 problem ?)

On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 09:56 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:02:14 -0700
> Badari Pulavarty <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 21:01 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >
> > > > Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.19-rc1/2.6.19-rc1-mm1/
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > - Added the ext4 filesystem. Quick usage instructions:
> > > > >
> > > > > - Grab updated e2fsprogs from
> > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs-interim/
> > > > >
> >
> > ext4 did not survive my simple stress tests.
> >
> > I ran 4 copies of fsx on ext4dev filesystem (without extents) +
> > 4 copies of fsx on ext4dev (with extents).
> >
> > Machine hung after running for few hours. There are 4 fsx sigsegv
> > messages on the console and the last message on the console is
> >
> > do_IRQ: 0.62 No irq handler for vector
> >
>
> Quite a few people are hitting that - it's related to Eric's recent
> IRQ/APIC-routing changes.
>
> I don't know why that would cause fsx to get a sigsegv though.

I don't think they are related. Hopefully once we figure out IRQ
problem, we can try to track down fsx problems.

Thanks,
Badari