Ok, I finally got a complete message of this panic: Unmounting pipe file systems: Unmounting file systems: Halting system... md: stopping all md devices. md: md0 switched to read-only mode. cciss: stopping all cciss devices. cciss: removing controller 0 Assertion failure in dx_probe() at fs/ext3/namei.c:381: "dx_get_limit(entries) == dx_root_limit(dir, root->info.info_length)" ----------- [cut here ] --------- [please bite here ] --------- Kernel BUG at namei:381 invalid operand: 0000 [1] SMP CPU 2 Modules linked in: mptctl mptbase sg md5 ipv6 parport_pc lp parport autofs4 i2c_dev i2c_core ocfs2(U) debugfs(U) ocfs2_dlmfs(U) ocfs2_dlm(U) ocfs2_nodemanager(U) configfs(U) hangcheck_timer sunrpc dm_mirror dm_round_robin dm_multipath dm_mod button battery ac joydev ehci_hcd uhci_hcd hw_random e1000 bnx2(U) ext3 jbd qla2400(U) qla2xxx(U) ata_piix libata cciss(U) sd_mod scsi_mod Pid: 4272, comm: khelper Tainted: P 2.6.9-55.ELsmp RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa010a0f4>] <ffffffffa010a0f4>{:ext3:dx_probe+427} RSP: 0018:00000104194738e8 EFLAGS: 00010212 RAX: 0000000000000081 RBX: 000001041e9cd800 RCX: 0000000000000246 RDX: 0000000000007c88 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: ffffffff803e4d80 RBP: 000001041e9cd818 R08: 00000000000927bf R09: 000001041e9cd800 R10: ffffffff803184a0 R11: 0000ffff803ffbe0 R12: 00000104194739d8 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000001041e58f4a8 R15: 000001041fae3c58 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffffff804ed800(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 00000000005b98c0 CR3: 000000042153e000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Process khelper (pid: 4272, threadinfo 0000010419472000, task 000001041821f7f0) Stack: 1355fd8200000041 00000104194739d4 00000104194739d8 fffffffffffffff4 000001041bc19628 000001041fae3c58 0000010421255448 0000010419473c68 000001041fae3c58 ffffffffa010a873 Call Trace:<ffffffffa010a873>{:ext3:ext3_find_entry+293} <ffffffffa010ad81>{:ext3:ext3_lookup+47} <ffffffff80186665>{do_lookup+230} <ffffffff80187301>{__link_path_walk+2579} <ffffffff80187801>{link_path_walk+82} <ffffffff8015ce9d>{generic_file_aio_read+48} <ffffffff801a27c0>{load_script+0} <ffffffff80187a4f>{path_lookup+452} <ffffffff801a27c0>{load_script+0} <ffffffff801832fa>{open_exec+30} <ffffffff8015ce9d>{generic_file_aio_read+48} <ffffffff801a27c0>{load_script+0} <ffffffff801a2977>{load_script+439} <ffffffff8017466d>{alloc_page_interleave+61} <ffffffff801a2cda>{load_elf_binary+0} <ffffffff8018448d>{search_binary_handler+210} <ffffffff801847c2>{do_execve+398} <ffffffff80147639>{__call_usermodehelper+0} <ffffffff8010ee44>{sys_execve+52} <ffffffff80110fb5>{execve+101} <ffffffff80147639>{__call_usermodehelper+0} <ffffffff80147578>{____exec_usermodehelper+236} <ffffffff801475b8>{____call_usermodehelper+44} <ffffffff80110f47>{child_rip+8} <ffffffff80147639>{__call_usermodehelper+0} <ffffffff8014758c>{____call_usermodehelper+0} <ffffffff80110f3f>{child_rip+0} Code: 0f 0b 5d 63 11 a0 ff ff ff ff 7d 01 0f b7 5d 02 85 db 74 08 RIP <ffffffffa010a0f4>{:ext3:dx_probe+427} RSP <00000104194738e8> <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops This only happens when / (c0d0p6) has dir_index set with the latest HP cciss driver (cpq_cciss-2.6.16-6.x86_64). Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ATC-Onlane Inc., T: 650-532-6382, F: 650-532-6441 4600 Bohannon Drive, Suite 100, Menlo Park, CA 94025 --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: ext3-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ext3-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Ulf Zimmermann > Sent: 07/14/2007 20:33 > To: Christian Kujau > Cc: ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Kernel panic in ext3:dx_probe, help needed > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "evil@xxxxxxxxxx"@mail.g-house.de > [mailto:"evil@xxxxxxxxxx"@mail.g- > > house.de] On Behalf Of Christian Kujau > > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 19:04 > > To: Ulf Zimmermann > > Cc: ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: Kernel panic in ext3:dx_probe, help needed > > > > On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > > >>> believe before the cciss driver is getting unloaded. The last > > >>> messages I am able to see are: > > >>> > > >>> md: stopping all md devices. > > >>> md: md0 switched to read-only mode. > > > > I think these messages are the real cause of the ext3 errors. > > > > > Ok, found more information. EL4 sets dir_index for / (cciss/c0d0p6 > as we > > > are installing it). The RedHat provided cciss driver (2.6.14-RH2) > has no > > > problem with that, the latest cciss driver from HP, 2.6.16-6, does. > > > Turning off dir_index for /, forcing fsck during reboot and > everything > > > is fine. > > > > A device driver should not care about filesystem features, IMHO. > Either > > there are problems with the cciss driver (syslog messages please) or > the > > ext3 fs is corrupted - in which case fsck should be run. > > I can reproduce this on 8+ servers, 6 of them were just installed > yesterday afternoon. Using "tune2fs -O ^dir_index /dev/cciss/c0d0p6" > followed by a "touch /forcefsck && reboot" leads to no panics are reboot > time. > > I have reported this to HP for now. > > Ulf. > > > _______________________________________________ > Ext3-users mailing list > Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users