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DateMon, 22 Jan 2007 10:42:36 +0100
FromStefan Priebe - FH <>
SubjectRe: XFS or Kernel Problem / Bug
Hi!

I've another idea... could it be, that it is a barrier problem? Since 
barriers are enabled by default from 2.6.17 on ...

Stefan

David Chinner schrieb:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:51:10AM +0100, Stefan Priebe - FH wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm  not shure but perhaps it isn't an XFS Bug.
>>
>> Here is what i find out:
>>
>> We've about 300 servers at the momentan and 5 of them are "old" Intel 
>> Pentium 4 Machines with a DFI PM-12 Mainboard with VIA chipset. It only 
>> happens on THESE Machines.
> 
> Hmmm - that points more to a hardware problem than a software problem;
> crashes in generic_file_buffered_write() are relatively uncommon, and
> to have them all isolated to a specific type of hardware is suspicious....
> 
> Wasn't there a major update of the IDE layer in 2.6.18? or was that
> 2.6.19 that I'm thinking of? BTW, have you run memtest86 on these
> boxes to rule out dodgy memory?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave.


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