> I ended up with corrupted ext3 (see sparc.jpg) and working now to restore it. Up and running again. I managed to get some more info from yesterday crash from syslog: Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_valid_block_bitmap: Invalid block bitmap - block_group = 41, block = 2113283 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1361983 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1361978 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1361979 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1361975 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1361977 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1361980 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1361981 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1362002 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1362003 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1372274 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1372275 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1353732 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1365489 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1365490 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1365491 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1365492 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1361996 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1361997 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1361999 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1365475 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1365481 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1365482 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1365484 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1365495 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1362001 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1365493 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1362108 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1362109 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1362181 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1365498 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1365503 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: sda3: rw=0, want=134217736, limit=34122060 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 41, inode_bitmap = 16777216 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1369268 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1369269 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1369281 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1369282 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1369283 Jan 20 17:44:07 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sda3): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 1369284 [...] Don't know how to reproduce that and how to find the culprit while not damaging fs so that's it for now. Mariusz machine: Sun Ultra 60 (2 cpus) kernel: Linux sparc64 2.6.29-rc2-00013-gf3b8436 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 20 11:53:33 CET 2009 sparc64 sun4u Unknown CPU GNU/Linux scsi: 00:03.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 (rev 14) 00:03.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 (rev 14) dmesg: PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 3.17.0 1998/10/23 11:26' PROMLIB: Root node compatible: Linux version 2.6.29-rc2-00013-gf3b8436 (mako@flyhigh) (gcc version 4.2.3 (Gentoo 4.2.3 p1.0)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 20 11:53:33 CET 2009 console [earlyprom0] enabled ARCH: SUN4U Ethernet address: 08:00:20:a1:fa:cb Kernel: Using 3 locked TLB entries for main kernel image. Remapping the kernel... done. OF stdout device is: /SUNW,ffb@1e,0 PROM: Built device tree with 47600 bytes of memory. Top of RAM: 0xbff34000, Total RAM: 0x3ff30000 Memory hole size: 2048MB [0000000201800000-fffff80081000000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=6/0 [0000000201800000-fffff80081400000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=7/0 [0000000201800000-fffff80081800000] page_structs=131072 node=0 entry=8/0 Allocated 1056768 bytes for kernel page tables. Zone PFN ranges: Normal 0x00040000 -> 0x0005ff9a Movable zone start PFN for each node early_node_map[3] active PFN ranges 0: 0x00040000 -> 0x0005ff7f 0: 0x0005ff80 -> 0x0005ff8d 0: 0x0005ff8e -> 0x0005ff9a On node 0 totalpages: 130968 Normal zone: 1535 pages used for memmap Normal zone: 0 pages reserved Normal zone: 129433 pages, LIFO batch:15 Booting Linux... Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 129433 Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda3 Preemptible RCU implementation. PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes) clocksource: mult[238e9] shift[16] clockevent: mult[7332178c] shift[32] Console: colour dummy device 80x25 console handover: boot [earlyprom0] -> real [tty0] Lock dependency validator: Copyright (c) 2006 Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar ... MAX_LOCKDEP_SUBCLASSES: 8 ... MAX_LOCK_DEPTH: 48 ... MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS: 8191 ... CLASSHASH_SIZE: 4096 ... MAX_LOCKDEP_ENTRIES: 8192 ... MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAINS: 16384 ... CHAINHASH_SIZE: 8192 memory used by lock dependency info: 3839 kB per task-struct memory footprint: 1920 bytes Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 1048576 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 524288 bytes) Memory: 1020928k available (2848k kernel code, 1024k data, 176k init) [fffff80000000000,00000000bff34000] SLUB: Genslabs=13, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=3, Nodes=1 Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 925.71 BogoMIPS (lpj=462857) Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 CPU 2: synchronized TICK with master CPU (last diff -2 cycles, maxerr 537 cycles) Brought up 2 CPUs net_namespace: 1184 bytes NET: Registered protocol family 16 CPU: Unknown chip, impl[0x17] vers[0x11] FPU: Unknown chip, impl[0x17] vers[0x11] /pci@1f,4000: PCI IO[1fe02010000] MEM[1ff80000000] /pci@1f,4000: PSYCHO PCI Bus Module ver[4:0] PCI: Scanning PBM /pci@1f,4000 /pci@1f,2000: PCI IO[1fe02000000] MEM[1ff00000000] /pci@1f,2000: PSYCHO PCI Bus Module ver[4:0] PCI: Scanning PBM /pci@1f,2000 /pci@1f,2000: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[22a0] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0 SCSI subsystem initialized /pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/eeprom@14,0: Mostek regs at 0x1fff1000000 AUXIO: Found device at /pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/auxio@14,726000 Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0 Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 2 NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP route cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 65536 bytes) TCP established hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 524288 bytes) TCP bind hash table entries: 32768 (order: 7, 1835008 bytes) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 32768) TCP reno registered NET: Registered protocol family 1 power: Control reg at 1fff1724000 Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@xxxxxxxxxxxx). msgmni has been set to 1995 io scheduler noop registered io scheduler cfq registered (default) Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x64 /SUNW,ffb@1e,0: FFB at 000001fc00000000, type 51, DAC pnum[236e] rev[10] manuf_rev[1] /pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/su@14,3083f8: Keyboard port at 1fff13083f8, irq 8 /pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/su@14,3062f8: Mouse port at 1fff13062f8, irq 9 PCI: Enabling device: (0000:00:01.1), cmd 2 sunhme.c:v3.10 August 26, 2008 David S. Miller (davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) eth0: HAPPY MEAL (PCI/CheerIO) 10/100BaseT Ethernet 08:00:20:a1:fa:cb Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-870. PCI: Enabling device: (0000:00:03.0), cmd 147 sym0: <875> rev 0x14 at pci 0000:00:03.0 irq 15 sym0: No NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, SE, parity checking sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset. scsi0 : sym-2.2.3 scsi 0:0:1:0: Direct-Access SEAGATE ST318203LSUN18G 034A PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 target0:0:1: tagged command queuing enabled, command queue depth 16. target0:0:1: Beginning Domain Validation target0:0:1: asynchronous target0:0:1: wide asynchronous target0:0:1: FAST-20 WIDE SCSI 40.0 MB/s ST (50 ns, offset 15) target0:0:1: Domain Validation skipping write tests target0:0:1: Ending Domain Validation scsi 0:0:6:0: CD-ROM TEAC CD-R56S4 1.0P PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 target0:0:6: Beginning Domain Validation target0:0:6: asynchronous target0:0:6: FAST-10 SCSI 10.0 MB/s ST (100 ns, offset 15) target0:0:6: Domain Validation skipping write tests target0:0:6: Ending Domain Validation PCI: Enabling device: (0000:00:03.1), cmd 3 sym1: <875> rev 0x14 at pci 0000:00:03.1 irq 16 sym1: No NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, SE, parity checking sym1: SCSI BUS has been reset. scsi1 : sym-2.2.3 Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] 35378533 512-byte hardware sectors: (18.1 GB/16.8 GiB) sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Write Protect is off sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Mode Sense: cf 00 10 08 sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] 35378533 512-byte hardware sectors: (18.1 GB/16.8 GiB) sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Write Protect is off sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Mode Sense: cf 00 10 08 sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sd 0:0:1:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice rtc-m48t59 rtc-m48t59.0: rtc core: registered m48t59 as rtc0 TCP cubic registered NET: Registered protocol family 17 RPC: Registered udp transport module. RPC: Registered tcp transport module. rtc-m48t59 rtc-m48t59.0: setting system clock to 2009-01-21 11:37:16 UTC (1232537836) input: Sun Type 5 keyboard as /class/input/input0 kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly on device 8:3. Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 sr 0:0:6:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 sd 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 sr 0:0:6:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5 EXT3 FS on sda3, internal journal Adding 497992k swap on /dev/sda2. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:497992k eth0: Link is up using internal transceiver at 100Mb/s, Full Duplex. Kernel unaligned access at TPC[5704f0] nsm_get_handle+0x150/0x420 Kernel unaligned access at TPC[5704f4] nsm_get_handle+0x154/0x420 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html