From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935418AbXGMHok (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:44:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750870AbXGMHoc (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:44:32 -0400 Received: from ns2.uludag.org.tr ([193.140.100.220]:39633 "EHLO uludag.org.tr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755817AbXGMHoc (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:44:32 -0400 From: "=?utf-8?q?S=2E=C3=87a=C4=9Flar?= Onur" Reply-To: caglar@pardus.org.tr Organization: =?utf-8?q?T=C3=9CB=C4=B0TAK_/?= UEKAE To: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: SATA exceptions Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:44:11 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 Cc: Pavel Machek , Robert Hancock , LKML , Jeff Garzik References: <20070712195255.GA6015@ucw.cz> <4696EDAB.10404@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4696EDAB.10404@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1401051.kBylDPtYgq"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200707131044.20466.caglar@pardus.org.tr> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --nextPart1401051.kBylDPtYgq Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 13 Tem 2007 Cum tarihinde, Tejun Heo =C5=9Funlar=C4=B1 yazm=C4=B1=C5=9Ft=C4= =B1:=20 > >> OS and driver can't really do much about the reallocation event. Some > >> number of reallocations is okay but if you it going up constantly, you > >> probably have a dying disk. > > > > Hmm... cut the power while writing is doable from OS and might force > > reallocations? > > Hmmm... We don't have any pending write when power goes out and I don't > emergency unload can directly increase reallocation count. It can > shorten lifespan of the head tho. > > > You might want to check if number of reallocated sectors increases > > with shutdowns/reboots. > > I'm curious too. It seems reboot/shutdown has no effect on reallocated sectors. After 5 rebo= t/5=20 shutdown it didn't change at all. zangetsu ~ # smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Reall 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 067 067 010 Pre-fail =20 Always - 314 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 067 067 000 Old_age =20 Always - 314 Cheers =2D-=20 S.=C3=87a=C4=9Flar Onur http://cekirdek.pardus.org.tr/~caglar/ Linux is like living in a teepee. No Windows, no Gates and an Apache in hou= se! --nextPart1401051.kBylDPtYgq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGly1Uy7E6i0LKo6YRAguNAKCEL31lrW376LEZdjBzUEmEa3vhRQCgvH/v qkiULk3rdjoV/gelZEbKt80= =zZ9E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1401051.kBylDPtYgq--