On a 2.4.17 (MontaVista 2.1) kernel using ext3, I recently starting seeing the error EXT3-fs error (device ide1(22,1)) in start_transaction: Readonly filesystem EXT3-fs error (device ide1(22,1)) in ext3_delete_inode: Readonly filesystem on a file system within 10-20 seconds after remounting it r/o. Apparemtly a write is being deferred past the remount point and then runs into problems when it is performed because the file system is now remounted read-only. I've done an lsof in that window and seen an open deleted (special) file so I suspect the bug is in the remount to r/o being permitted while the open deleted file is still in use, rather than ext3. It looks like fs_may_remount_ro() tries to catch open deleted files but is not noticing this case, for some reason. Does this sound like any known bug to anyone? Mike Accetta Laurel Networks, Inc. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
