From: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org Subject: [Bug 11688] Oops while writing on a newly ext4 formated 1TB partition on a external USB drive Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:24:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20090118002408.13D9F10800F@picon.linux-foundation.org> References: To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:38764 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753934AbZARAYj (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:24:39 -0500 Received: from picon.linux-foundation.org (picon.linux-foundation.org [140.211.169.79]) by smtp1.linux-foundation.org (8.14.2/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id n0I0O8mM014623 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:24:09 -0800 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11688 ------- Comment #3 from tytso@mit.edu 2009-01-17 16:24 ------- Hi, any more information about this bug? How much memory do you have? What ext3 filesystems do you have mounted? The oops is in ext3 code: handle_t *journal_start(journal_t *journal, int nblocks) { handle_t *handle = journal_current_handle(); int err; if (!journal) return ERR_PTR(-EROFS); if (handle) { J_ASSERT(handle->h_transaction->t_journal == journal); <---- handle->h_ref++; return handle; } It seems to be related ext3's quota code -- and again it seems to be related to an attempt to free memory when the system is under memory pressure. This looks very much like a quota and/or ext3 bug. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.