From: Linda Walsh <smartmontools@tlinx.org>
To: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Cc: Smartmontools Mailing List
<smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net>,
Bruce Allen <ballen@gravity.phys.uwm.edu>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [smartmontools-support] inactive SATA drives won't stay in standby or sleep, PATA models did. (fwd)
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:36:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48EABD07.6030506@tlinx.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48EAB672.3010209@gmail.com>
Controller is a Promise TX4/300
Is this what you were looking for?:
Oct 6 16:59:14 ish kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr
0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Oct 6 16:59:14 ish kernel: ata2.00: cmd
b0/da:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0
Oct 6 16:59:14 ish kernel: res
40/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Oct 6 16:59:14 ish kernel: ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
Oct 6 16:59:20 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 16:59:24 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 16:59:30 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 16:59:34 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 16:59:40 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:00:09 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:00:09 ish kernel: ata2: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
Oct 6 17:00:14 ish dhcpd: Forward map from ns1.sc.tlinx.org to
192.168.3.242 FAILED: Has an A record but no DHCID, not mine.
Oct 6 17:00:15 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:00:15 ish kernel: ata2: reset failed, giving up
Oct 6 17:00:15 ish kernel: ata2.00: disabled
Oct 6 17:00:15 ish kernel: ata2: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0
action 0xe frozen t4
Oct 6 17:00:15 ish kernel: ata2: hotplug_status 0x22
Oct 6 17:00:20 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:00:25 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:00:30 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:00:35 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:00:40 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:01:10 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:01:10 ish kernel: ata2: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
Oct 6 17:01:15 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:01:15 ish kernel: ata2: reset failed, giving up
Oct 6 17:01:15 ish kernel: ata2: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0
action 0xe frozen t3
Oct 6 17:01:15 ish kernel: ata2: hotplug_status 0x22
Oct 6 17:01:20 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:01:25 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:01:30 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:01:35 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:01:40 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:02:10 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:02:10 ish kernel: ata2: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
Oct 6 17:02:15 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:02:15 ish kernel: ata2: reset failed, giving up
Oct 6 17:02:15 ish kernel: ata2: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0
action 0xe frozen t2
Oct 6 17:02:15 ish kernel: ata2: hotplug_status 0x22
Oct 6 17:02:21 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:02:25 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:02:31 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:02:35 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:02:41 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:03:01 ish sshd[4020]: error: channel 0: chan_read_failed for
istate 3
Oct 6 17:03:10 ish syslog-ng[13177]: last message repeated 2 times
Oct 6 17:03:10 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:03:10 ish kernel: ata2: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
Oct 6 17:03:15 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:03:15 ish kernel: ata2: reset failed, giving up
Oct 6 17:03:15 ish kernel: ata2: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0
action 0xe frozen t1
Oct 6 17:03:15 ish kernel: ata2: hotplug_status 0x22
Oct 6 17:03:21 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:03:25 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:03:31 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:03:35 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:03:41 ish kernel: ata2: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:04:10 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:04:10 ish kernel: ata2: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
Oct 6 17:04:15 ish kernel: ata2: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:04:15 ish kernel: ata2: reset failed, giving up
Oct 6 17:04:15 ish kernel: ata2: EH pending after 5 tries, giving up
Oct 6 17:04:15 ish kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
Oct 6 17:04:15 ish kernel: program smartctl is using a deprecated SCSI
ioctl, please convert it to SG_IO
Oct 6 17:04:15 ish kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] START_STOP FAILED
Oct 6 17:04:33 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:04:33 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:05:45 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:05:45 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:06:31 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:07:30 ish syslog-ng[13177]: last message repeated 2 times
Oct 6 17:07:33 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:07:33 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:08:32 ish kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr
0x0 action 0x6 frozen
Oct 6 17:08:32 ish kernel: ata1.00: cmd
b0/da:00:00:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0
Oct 6 17:08:32 ish kernel: res
40/00:01:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
Oct 6 17:08:32 ish kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Oct 6 17:08:38 ish kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:08:42 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:08:45 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:08:48 ish kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:08:52 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:08:58 ish kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:09:21 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:09:27 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:09:27 ish kernel: ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
Oct 6 17:09:32 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:09:32 ish kernel: ata1: reset failed, giving up
Oct 6 17:09:32 ish kernel: ata1.00: disabled
Oct 6 17:09:32 ish kernel: ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0
action 0xe frozen t4
Oct 6 17:09:32 ish kernel: ata1: hotplug_status 0x88
Oct 6 17:09:38 ish kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:09:42 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:09:48 ish kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:09:52 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:09:57 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:09:58 ish kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:10:27 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:10:27 ish kernel: ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
Oct 6 17:10:32 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:10:32 ish kernel: ata1: reset failed, giving up
Oct 6 17:10:32 ish kernel: ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0
action 0xe frozen t3
Oct 6 17:10:32 ish kernel: ata1: hotplug_status 0x88
Oct 6 17:10:33 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:10:38 ish kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:10:42 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:10:48 ish kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:10:52 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:10:58 ish kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:11:09 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:11:27 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:11:27 ish kernel: ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
Oct 6 17:11:33 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:11:33 ish kernel: ata1: reset failed, giving up
Oct 6 17:11:33 ish kernel: ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0
action 0xe frozen t2
Oct 6 17:11:33 ish kernel: ata1: hotplug_status 0x88
Oct 6 17:11:38 ish kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:11:43 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:11:45 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Oct 6 17:11:48 ish kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:11:53 ish kernel: ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Oct 6 17:11:58 ish kernel: ata1: link is slow to respond, please be
patient (ready=-19)
Oct 6 17:12:17 ish xinetd[2021]: Exiting...
Oct 6 17:12:17 ish kernel: nfsd: last server has exited
Oct 6 17:12:17 ish kernel: nfsd: unexporting all filesystems
Oct 6 17:12:17 ish apcupsd[1989]: apcupsd exiting, signal 15
Oct 6 17:12:17 ish apcupsd[1989]: apcupsd shutdown succeeded
Oct 6 17:12:17 ish rpc.statd[2074]: Caught signal 15, un-registering
and exiting.
Oct 6 17:12:17 ish mountd[2075]: Caught signal 15, un-registering and
exiting.
Oct 6 17:12:21 ish kernel: Filesystem "sdc1": xfs_log_force: error 5
returned.
Tejun Heo wrote:
> Linda Walsh wrote:
>
>> So the real problem is why issuing a smart command isn't re-starting
>> the drive -- or bringing it back from standby. Whereas a "normal" disk
>> read seems to bring it back to normal functioning just fine (and can
>> then do the smart-test).
>>
>> Does this give anyone ideas about where the problem might be? Also
>> sorta explains why my hangs have been infrequent, because I've been
>> periodically polling the temps of all the drives -- and only when I stop
>> the polling would the drive timeout, then die the next morning when
>> smartd tried to run a short test between 1 and 2 am.
>>
>
> Sounds like a firmware problem to me. Issuing ATA_CMD_VERIFY on block
> 0 before issuing test commands should work around the problem. Also,
> which controller are you using? Can you post the failing kernel log?
>
>
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2008-10-07 0:37 ` Linda Walsh
2008-10-07 1:08 ` Tejun Heo
2008-10-07 1:36 ` Linda Walsh [this message]
2008-10-07 1:42 ` Tejun Heo
2008-10-07 10:13 ` Linda Walsh
2008-10-07 22:27 ` Linda Walsh
2008-10-07 23:59 ` Tejun Heo
2008-10-22 3:40 ` Promise SATA-standby +selftest=hungdrive; Sil works Linda Walsh
2008-10-22 4:13 ` Tejun Heo
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2008-10-08 0:20 ` [smartmontools-support] inactive SATA drives won't stay in standby or sleep, PATA models did. (fwd) Christian Mueller
2008-10-08 0:28 ` Tejun Heo
2008-10-12 14:55 ` Mikael Pettersson
2008-10-13 5:16 ` Tejun Heo
2008-10-13 7:03 ` Mikael Pettersson
2008-10-13 7:08 ` Tejun Heo
2008-10-19 23:40 ` Mikael Pettersson
2008-10-21 4:18 ` Tejun Heo
2008-10-21 7:56 ` Mikael Pettersson
2008-10-21 9:02 ` Tejun Heo
2008-10-21 9:30 ` Mikael Pettersson
2008-10-21 7:59 ` Mikael Pettersson
2008-10-21 8:55 ` Tejun Heo
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