Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:05:12 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test2+ext3+dbench=Buffer I/O error |
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On Wed, Jul 30 2003, Lou Langholtz wrote: > Andrew Morton wrote: > > >Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> wrote: > > > > > >>Greetings, > >> > >>While trying to duplicate Randy Hron's "dbench has intermittent hang on > >>2.6.0-test1-ac2" report, I received quite a few "Buffer I/O error on > >>/dev/hda8, logical block N" messages. (changing elevators makes no > >>difference fwiw). > >> > >> > > > >That's just a gremlinlet. You can delete the offending printk for now. > > > > > > > >>I went back to test1, and it spat up a couple of "buffer > >>layer error" messages and associated traces. Attempting to umount > >>afterward to run fsck left umount in D state. See attachment. > >> > >> > > > >Well that's a worry. Is it repeatable? . . . > > > Any chance this problem is a consequence of not yet having Sean > Estabrooks partial bvec patch in this person's kernel??? > <http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0307.3/0861.html>. Jens > said he applied it on 2003/7/27 so it doesn't seem like this could have > made it into 2.6.0-test1-ac2.
no not unless Mike is using taskfile + pio, and even then I've never heard of it triggering.
-- Jens Axboe
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