From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263484AbUESKmH (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2004 06:42:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263544AbUESKmH (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2004 06:42:07 -0400 Received: from stingr.net ([212.193.32.15]:718 "EHLO stingr.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263484AbUESKmE (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 May 2004 06:42:04 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 14:41:52 +0400 From: Paul P Komkoff Jr To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: problems with ext3 fs, kernels up to 2.6.6-rc2 Message-ID: <20040519104152.GM19183@stingr.net> Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Agent Darien Fawkes X-Mailer: Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver X-RealName: Stingray Greatest Jr Organization: Department of Fish & Wildlife Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi. For a long time I'm sorta have the following problem. I have ext3 partition with dir_index turned on. I have programs, which store many files on it (for example, Maildir mailboxes for 500+ users, about 200k files). Sometimes something going wrong. I am noticing it by rdiff-backup on this partition producing the following output: ListError goloub/Maildir/cur/1082623479.1763_0.ns:2,S [Errno 5] Input/output error: +'/mnt/mail/goloub/Maildir/cur/1082623479.1763_0.ns:2,S' Yes, when I am doing strace ls -al (failed file), I am seeing -EIO lstat64("/mnt/mail/goloub/Maildir/cur/1082623479.1763_0.ns:2,S", 0x806408c) = -1 EIO (Input/output error) I know, so when I will e2fsck it it will be repaired. But how I can help debug it? Which on-disk structs I need to examine, maybe extract, and send to someone? -- Paul P 'Stingray' Komkoff Jr // http://stingr.net/key <- my pgp key This message represents the official view of the voices in my head