Hi, On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 15:35, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > Since I ain't got a better place to report this, I do it here: > Kernel 2.4.20-ac1 > > Dec 5 00:00:07 postamt1 httpd: httpd startup succeeded > Dec 5 15:48:35 postamt1 kernel: swap_dup: Bad swap file entry 516a444c > Dec 5 15:48:36 postamt1 kernel: swap_dup: Bad swap file entry 7741314a > Dec 5 15:48:36 postamt1 kernel: EIP: 0010:[__free_pages_ok+94/800] Not tainted This is a pure VM oops. There's no sign of ext3 involvement here. > Dec 5 15:53:53 postamt1 kernel: <2>EXT3-fs error (device sd(8,6)): ext3_free_blocks: Freeing blocks not in datazone - block = 1094928743, count = 1 > Dec 5 15:53:53 postamt1 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sd(8,6)): ext3_free_blocks: Freeing blocks not in datazone - block = 1095059815, count = 1 > Dec 5 15:53:53 postamt1 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sd(8,6)): ext3_free_blocks: Freeing blocks not in datazone - block = 1094996087, count = 1 > Dec 5 15:53:53 postamt1 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sd(8,6)): ext3_free_blocks: Freeing blocks not in datazone - block = 1380209241, count = 1 > Dec 5 15:53:53 postamt1 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sd(8,6)): ext3_free_blocks: Freeing blocks not in datazone - block = 1095060801, count = 1 Ext3 is then complaining that some of its indirect blocks look corrupt. This looks more like a VM or (more likely) hardware problem to me. > * ext3 or VM problem? Hardware is my first guess. > * How to track down more professionally? Run memtest86. > * fsck recommended? In this sort of situation, always. > * Should I report this to lkml? Check the hardware as best you can. Then, either lkml or linux-mm@kvack.org, unless you get a better oops which points more clearly towards an ext3 problem. Cheers, Stephen _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users