> -----Original Message----- > From: ext3-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ext3-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Ulf Zimmermann > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 21:10 > To: Theodore Tso > Cc: ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Kernel panic in ext3:dx_probe, help needed > > > -----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. Or if there is corruption, it gets corrupted by the HP driver. Or something. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
