Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 11:53:27PM +0100, frode wrote: >>>>I got the following error while rm'ing a 700mb file from an ext3 partition: >>>>Assertion failure in journal_unmap_buffer() at transaction.c:1857: >>>>"transaction == journal->j_running_transaction" >>>Hmm --- this is not one I think I've ever seen before. > Have you been able to reproduce any problems yet? No reproducible problems, just more random oopses (like in http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=101205570604468&w=2) > iput() crash; page list crash; jbd transaction crash. These look > perfectly consistent with random memory corruption. [memtest86] > Try leaving it running overnight --- half an hour is very little time > for a proper memory test. Others have suggested this by mail also, and after running memtest for 4 hours, what do you know, a bit error occured. Test#: 4 Pass#: 6 Failing address: 0aed1f64 - 174.8mb Good pattern: 00080000 Bad pattern: 000a0000 Error bits: 00020000 Count: 1 I'm pretty sure that 256mb no-brand memory chip I added one year ago is to blame. I'll try running memtest86 for 8+ hours as soon as feasible, but I guess I should just throw out the old RAM and put in some new. I guess all I have to say is, sorry for wasting your time! :( Anyway, thanks for your interest - at least I'm close to a solution now! :) - Frode
