From: Autif Khan Subject: Re: Filesystem state: clean with errors - what errors? Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 08:41:52 -0400 Message-ID: References: <51ACEAEF.6040109@redhat.com> <51ACEFA8.8000907@redhat.com> <51ACF922.2050306@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: Eric Sandeen Return-path: Received: from mail-la0-f54.google.com ([209.85.215.54]:37021 "EHLO mail-la0-f54.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752044Ab3FDMly (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2013 08:41:54 -0400 Received: by mail-la0-f54.google.com with SMTP id ec20so156114lab.27 for ; Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:41:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Autif Khan wrote: > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote: >> On 6/3/13 3:07 PM, Autif Khan wrote: >>> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote: >>>> On 6/3/13 2:29 PM, Autif Khan wrote: >>>>> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote: >>>>>> On 6/3/13 1:45 PM, Autif Khan wrote: >>>>>>> Executing dumpe2fs -h on one of the partitions says >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ... >>>>>>> Filesystem features: has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index >>>>>>> filetype extent flex_bg sparse_super large_file huge_file uninit_bg >>>>>>> dir_nlink extra_isize >>>>>>> Filesystem flags: signed_directory_hash >>>>>>> Default mount options: user_xattr acl >>>>>>> Filesystem state: clean with errors >>>>>>> ... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> How can I find out what the errors are - the details of the errors. >>>>>> >>>>>> "clean" means the log has been replayed (log is not dirty) >>>>>> "with errors" means that it encountered concistency errors at runtime >>>>>> >>>>>> run e2fsck -f on it to see what it finds (or e2fsck -fn if you want a no-op >>>>>> dry run) >>>>> >>>>> --- spin --- >>>>> >>>>> ubuntu@mac0013950af6fb:~$ sudo fsck -V -n -f /dev/sda5 >>>>> fsck from util-linux 2.20.1 >>>>> [/sbin/fsck.ext4 (1) -- /koko] fsck.ext4 -n -f /dev/sda5 >>>>> e2fsck 1.42 (29-Nov-2011) >>>>> Warning! /dev/sda5 is mounted. >>>> >>>> Surprising that it didn't find errors since you ran it on a mounted fs! >>>> >>>> That's also an older e2fsck, so I suppose it's possible that it missed >>>> something. >>>> >>>>> Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes >>>>> Pass 2: Checking directory structure >>>>> Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity >>>>> Pass 4: Checking reference counts >>>>> Pass 5: Checking group summary information >>>>> /dev/sda5: 24770/262144 files (0.1% non-contiguous), 328031/1048576 blocks >>>>> ubuntu@mac0013950af6fb:~$ >>>>> >>>>> I am not sure I see any errors. Is there an error here? >>>> >>>> No, that didn't report any errors. >>>> >>>> If you unmount it and do it w/o -n, it should clear the error state. >>>> Perhaps it encountered an error for a file that got subsequently deleted, >>>> or something - not sure. >>>> >>> >>> That is true - we are able to fix this - almost trivially - the >>> problem is that we are causing this frequently (sometimes always) with >>> inexpensive SSDs. I am sure you have seen my other email: >>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4&m=137028288823079&w=2 >>> >>> I assume that there is no other tool that I can use - (short of a hex >>> dump of the 4.0G partition using dd) - to further debug this. Is >>> there? >> >> "with errors" is printed when the fs state has EXT2_ERROR_FS set. >> >> Looking at the system logs would be a start - when the filesystem was set >> into error state, the kernel should have logged that fact, along with >> why it did so... you could go from there. >> >> Also, kernels since 2.6.36 save more info: >> > > We are at 3.2.33, so we should be good. > > However, I do not see "with errors" in either dmesg or /var/log/syslog. > > Is there a kernel config that needs to be set to enable EXT2/3/4 logging? I might have misunderstood - I should be searching for "error count" and/or "initial error" I can not find these either - So, is there a kernel config that needs to be set?