> -----Original Message----- > From: Theodore Tso [mailto:tytso@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 21:07 > To: Ulf Zimmermann > Cc: Christian Kujau; ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Kernel panic in ext3:dx_probe, help needed > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 08:00:16PM -0700, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > > Ok, I finally got a complete message of this panic: > > > > Assertion failure in dx_probe() at fs/ext3/namei.c:381: > > "dx_get_limit(entries) == dx_root_limit(dir, root->info.info_length)" > > The filesystem got corrupted (and that's probably a device driver > issue), but ext3 shouldn't have panic'ed the kernel. The assertion > needs to be replaced by an ext3_error() call. I'll whip up a patch; > thanks for bringing this to my attention. > > - Ted Over 10 nodes, brand new install from kickstart. I can reproduce it every time. Use the EL4 Update 5 cciss driver, no problem, install HP provided driver, it panics at shutdown/reboot. Turn off dir_index on root and use the HP driver, no problem either. Ulf. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
