Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Software raid in 2.2.16 broken? | From | Camm Maguire <> | Date | 27 Jul 2000 12:47:42 -0400 |
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There is an errata patch on Alan Cox's website that fixes this. Its a one liner.
Take care,
"nate@firetrail.com" <nate@firetrail.com> writes:
> I sent this email to debian-user & debian-devel@lists.debian.org had 1 > other user that had this same problem. It is quite severe. > > below is the original email about the kernel puking when running e2fsck on > a software raid(level 1) device: > > > -- begin original email -- > To: Debian user mailinglist <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: e2fsck+raid+linux 2.2.16 = crash? > From: "nate@firetrail.com" <nate@firetrail.com> > Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 15:40:34 -0700 (PDT) > cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > > > > Today... > > One of my systems crashed due to SCSI disk errors. > > when it came back up it crashed again. so i had to go to the site (2 hour > drive!@) and took a look at it. > > it seems when the system tries to run e2fsck on the raid set the system > crashes with the message: > > Jul 14 13:36:30 galactica kernel: VFS: grow_buffers: size = 16384 > Jul 14 13:36:31 galactica last message repeated 665 times > Jul 14 13:36:31 galactica kernel: 384 > Jul 14 13:36:31 galactica kernel: VFS: grow_buffers: size = 16384 > Jul 14 13:36:31 galactica last message repeated 814 times > Jul 14 13:36:31 galactica kernel: 384 > Jul 14 13:36:31 galactica kernel: VFS: grow_buffers: size = 16384 > Jul 14 13:36:31 galactica last message repeated 468 times > > it goes on and on and on..(the people on site left it in that state for a > good hour and a half until i got there) > > This did not happen with 2.2.15. This is also the first time i have run > e2fsck on the raid drive since upgrading to 2.2.16. As a result i have > been forced to mount the raid array unclean just so i could get the system > up and running so the rest of the staff at the site could go home(its > co-located). I didn't think to reboot to 2.2.15 and run e2fsck on it > before i left i was in a real rush. > > System configuration: > > Asus P2L97-DS (this board does not have scsi despite the "DS" model code) > Dual P2-233 > 128MB PC100 SDRAM x 3 (384MB total) > Matrox G100 AGP Video > Adaptec AHA 2940UW PCI > 3Com 3C905C w/drivers from www.3com.com > Generic ATAPI 32x CDROM > Root device: IBM DDRS-34560D 4.3GB > Raid system: IBM-DNES-30917OW 9.1GB (x2) Software raid mode 1 > Additional Storage: QUANTUM VIKING 4.5WSE 4.5GB (<- the cause of the > initial crash) > > > Linux Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux 2.1r4 > Installed: Mid-march > Installed with kernel: 2.2.14+ow1 (www.openwall.com/linux) > Currently running: 2.2.16+ow1 > > Raid version: 0.36.4 > > this happened again and again, and i finally traced it down to this by > disabling automounting of /dev/md0 in /etc/fstab and the system booted > fine. ckraid was run multiple times with no crash(it ran everytime the > system crashed due to other reasons). Once i tried to run e2fsck on > /dev/md0 the errors(above) flooded the screen until i ctrl-alt-del. > > I'm not a kernel hacker but i was curious if this is a known issue? i do > read kernel traffic every week but i haven't seen anything specifically > realted to raid mentioned (that i can remember). I think what i will do is > download the data off the raid set, and reformat it so it can be > "clean" again. or reboot to 2.2.15 and run e2fsck on it.. > > i can try to provide more info if needed, let me know, i just dont want to > have to drive up there again if i can avoid it:) > > help! > > nate > > ::: > http://www.aphroland.org/ > http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > aphro@aphroland.org > 3:24pm up 1:30, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 > > -- end original email -- > > one user on debian-user pointed me to a patch: > > http://www.linux.org.uk/VERSION/relnotes.2216.html > > but it appears this code is already in 2.2.16. This does not happen in > 2.2.15. > > any ideas? btw, im not on the list so if you could please cc: me when > responding. > > thanks! > > nate > > > ::: > http://www.aphroland.org/ > http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > aphro@aphroland.org > 3:36pm up 23:04, 2 users, load average: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >
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