From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750811AbWGCGca (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 02:32:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750798AbWGCGca (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 02:32:30 -0400 Received: from omx2-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.19]:58539 "EHLO omx2.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750833AbWGCGc3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 02:32:29 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:32:16 +1000 From: Nathan Scott To: c-otto@gmx.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Huge problem with XFS/iCH7R Message-ID: <20060703163216.B1474487@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> References: <20060702195145.GA4098@localhost.halifax.rwth-aachen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20060702195145.GA4098@localhost.halifax.rwth-aachen.de>; from c-otto@gmx.de on Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 09:51:45PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 09:51:45PM +0200, Carsten Otto wrote: > Hi there! > > (System specs below) > > Short summary: > System (with software raid 5, XFS, four disks connected to AHCI > controller) crashes very often and loses data. > > My system crashes every few days, at the moment daily. The message shown > is (the drive changes about every time, I do not see a pattern here): > --- > ata4: handling error/timeout > ata4: port reset, p_is 0 is 0 pis 0 cmd c017 tf 7f ss 0 se 0 > ata4: status=0x50 { DriveReady SeekComplete } > sdd: Current: sense key=0x0 > ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0 > Info fid=0x0 FWIW, the above look like hardware/driver problems. > http://c-otto.de/fehler/ Your first issue there is the XFS dir2 regression discussed recently here and on xfs@oss.sgi.com - there's a patch available for that and it's likely to be included in the next -stable release. > I'd like to know what component causes this problem and how I can solve > it. The initial problem (above) and three-of-four of your photos look unrelated to XFS, but that first image is indicating a (now fixed) XFS problem - so, looks like you have multiple issues there. cheers. -- Nathan