From: Dave Chinner Subject: 2.6.35-r5 ext3 corruptions Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:57:45 +1000 Message-ID: <20100715105745.GI30737@dastard> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from bld-mail19.adl2.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.104]:56380 "EHLO mail.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933032Ab0GOK5t (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:57:49 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Upgrading my test vms from 2.6.35-rc3 to 2.6.35-rc5 is resulting in repeated errors on the root drive of a test VM: { 1532.368808] EXT3-fs error (device sda1): ext3_lookup: deleted inode = referenced: 211043 [ 1532.370859] Aborting journal on device sda1. [ 1532.376957] EXT3-fs (sda1):=20 [ 1532.376976] EXT3-fs (sda1): error: ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected a= borted journal [ 1532.376980] EXT3-fs (sda1): error: remounting filesystem read-only [ 1532.420361] error: remounting filesystem read-only [ 1532.621209] EXT3-fs error (device sda1): ext3_lookup: deleted inode = referenced: 211043 The filesysetm is a mess when checked on reboot - lots of illegal references to blocks, multiply linked blocks, etc, but repairs. =46iles are lots, truncated, etc, so there is visible filesystem damage. I did lots of testing on 2.6.35-rc3 and came across no problems; problems only seemed to start with 2.6.35-rc5, and I've rep=E3=82=8Dodu= ced the problem on a vanilla 2.6.35-rc4. The problem seems to occur randomly - sometimes during boot or when idle after boot, sometimes a while after boot. I haven't done any digging at all for the cause - all I've done so far is confirm that it is reproducable and it's not my code causing the problem. Cheers, Dave. --=20 Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html