Hello Kees, Friday, May 25, 2012, 3:54:17 AM, you wrote: > Hi, > On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 11:43:22PM +0100, Sander Eikelenboom wrote: >> Hello Ted, >> >> Thursday, January 5, 2012, 7:15:35 PM, you wrote: >> >> > On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 05:14:28PM +0100, Sander Eikelenboom wrote: >> >> >> >> OK spoke too soon, i have been able to trigger it again: >> >> - copying files from LV to the same LV without the snapshot went OK >> >> - copying from the RO snapshot of a LV to the same LV gave the error while copying the file again: >> >> > OK. Originally, you said you did this: >> >> > 1) fsck -v -p -f the filesystem >> > 2) mount the filesystem >> > 3) Try to copy a file >> > 4) filesystem will be mounted RO on error (see below) >> > 5) fsck again, journal will be recovered, no other errors >> > 6) start at 1) >> >> > Was this with with a read-only snapshot always being in existence >> > through all of these five steps? When was the RO snapshot created? >> >> > If a RO snapshot has to be there in order for this to happen, then >> > this is almost certainly a device-mapper regression. (dm-devel folks, >> > this is a problem which apparently occurred when the user went from >> > v3.1.5 to v3.2, so this looks likes 3.2 regression.) >> >> > - Ted >> >> Tried to bisect, but every kernel in between seems to have some drivers for devices f*cked up so it doesn't even boot. >> That was a quite frustrating and disappointing experience. >> So it's back to 3.1.5 and continue with i was actually trying to do, and try later if it's still reproducible with another disk layout. >> >> Thx for your effort so far. > Has anything else happened with this? Nope not that i know off, with kernel 3.4.0 ... When trying to scp/sftp some files to a ext4 filesystem on a LVM partition, makes it readonly within a few seconds: May 27 21:17:23 serveerstertje kernel: [ 880.140374] EXT4-fs error (device dm-42): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:741: group 1699, 32254 clusters in bitmap, 32258 in gd May 27 21:17:23 serveerstertje kernel: [ 880.147052] Aborting journal on device dm-42-8. May 27 21:17:23 serveerstertje kernel: [ 880.263201] EXT4-fs (dm-42): Remounting filesystem read-only May 27 21:17:23 serveerstertje kernel: [ 880.276990] EXT4-fs (dm-42): ext4_da_writepages: jbd2_start: 1673 pages, ino 7847939; err -30 May 27 21:17:23 serveerstertje kernel: [ 880.321661] EXT4-fs error (device dm-42): ext4_journal_start_sb:328: Detected aborted journal It's quite a pain in the ass ... and not fixed nor tracked down, it's not clear if its a ext4 problem, lvm/dm or the combination. -- Sander > I'm seeing similar problems with dm_crypt (with kernel 3.2.7), > only I also see "JBD2: Spotted dirty metadata buffer", > which I've found some (unanswered) reference to here: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?format=multiple&id=822071 > I can reproduce the problem 100% of the time, but only under the > early-boot conditions I see it in. I've failed at any attempt so far to > reproduce it once the system is all the way up. :( > My steps to reproduce are: > create 3G sparse file (making this zero-filled doesn't change anything) > loopback mount file > bring up dm-crypt on loopback > build ext4 on dm-crypt > copy about 100M worth of files into the filesystem > The amount of errors reported varies, but most recently: > [ 82.659992] EXT4-fs error (device dm-1): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 14, 32258 clusters in bitmap, 32262 in gd > [ 84.338432] EXT4-fs error (device dm-1): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 15, 32258 clusters in bitmap, 32262 in gd > [ 86.334815] EXT4-fs error (device dm-1): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 16, 32258 clusters in bitmap, 32262 in gd > [ 87.660183] JBD2: Spotted dirty metadata buffer (dev = dm-1, blocknr = 0). There's a risk of filesystem corruption in case of system crash. > [ 87.814646] JBD2: Spotted dirty metadata buffer (dev = dm-1, blocknr = 0). There's a risk of filesystem corruption in case of system crash. > [ 88.221369] EXT4-fs error (device dm-1): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 17, 32258 clusters in bitmap, 32262 in gd > [ 89.930729] EXT4-fs error (device dm-1): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 18, 32258 clusters in bitmap, 32262 in gd > [ 91.709804] EXT4-fs error (device dm-1): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 19, 32258 clusters in bitmap, 32262 in gd > [ 93.805440] EXT4-fs error (device dm-1): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 20, 32258 clusters in bitmap, 32262 in gd > I'm at a loss for how to track this down. :( > Any ideas? > -Kees >> >> [ 2357.655783] EXT4-fs error (device dm-2): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 1861, 32254 clusters in bitmap, 32258 in gd >> >> [ 2357.656056] Aborting journal on device dm-2-8. >> >> [ 2357.718473] EXT4-fs (dm-2): Remounting filesystem read-only >> >> [ 2357.736680] EXT4-fs error (device dm-2) in ext4_da_write_end:2532: IO failure >> >> [ 2357.738328] EXT4-fs (dm-2): ext4_da_writepages: jbd2_start: 7615 pages, ino 4079617; err -30 >> >> [ 2716.125010] EXT4-fs error (device dm-2): ext4_put_super:818: Couldn't clean up the journal >> >> >> >> >> >> Attached are 4x output from dumpe2fs >> >> - dumpe2fs-xen_images-3.2.0 Made just after boot >> >> - dumpe2fs-xen_images-3.2.0-afterfsck Made after doing a fsck -v -p -f on the unmounted LV >> >> - dumpe2fs-xen_images-3.2.0-aftererror Made after the error occured on the mounted LV >> >> - dumpe2fs-xen_images-3.2.0-aftererror-afterfsck Made after the error occured, and after a subsequent fsck -v -p -f on the unmounted LV >> >> - dumpe2fs-xen_images-3.1.5 Made after booting into 3.1.5 after all of the above >> >> >> >> Oh yes also did a badblock scan to rule that out, and it seems the numbers stay the same. >> >> e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010) (from debian squeeze) >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Sander >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Sander >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> This is a forwarded message >> >> >> From: Sander Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> >> >> >> Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 11:37:59 AM >> >> >> Subject: can't recover ext4 on lvm from ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 1687, 32254 clusters in bitmap, 32258 in gd >> >> >> >> >> >> ===8<==============Original message text=============== >> >> >> >> >> >> I'm having some troubles with a ext4 filesystem on LVM, it seems bricked and fsck doesn't seem to find and correct the problem. >> >> >> >> >> >> Steps: >> >> >> 1) fsck -v -p -f the filesystem >> >> >> 2) mount the filesystem >> >> >> 3) Try to copy a file >> >> >> 4) filesystem will be mounted RO on error (see below) >> >> >> 5) fsck again, journal will be recovered, no other errors >> >> >> 6) start at 1) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I think the way i bricked it is: >> >> >> - make a lvm snapshot from that lvm logical disk >> >> >> - mount that lvm snapshot as RO >> >> >> - try to copy a file from that mounted RO snapshot to a diffrent dir on the lvm logical disk the snapshot is from. >> >> >> - it fails and i can't recover (see above) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Is there a way to recover from this ? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [ 220.748928] EXT4-fs error (device dm-2): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 1687, 32254 clusters in bitmap, 32258 in gd >> >> >> [ 220.749415] Aborting journal on device dm-2-8. >> >> >> [ 220.771633] EXT4-fs error (device dm-2): ext4_journal_start_sb:327: Detected aborted journal >> >> >> [ 220.772593] EXT4-fs (dm-2): Remounting filesystem read-only >> >> >> [ 220.792455] EXT4-fs (dm-2): Remounting filesystem read-only >> >> >> [ 220.805118] EXT4-fs (dm-2): ext4_da_writepages: jbd2_start: 9680 pages, ino 4079617; err -30 >> >> >> serveerstertje:/mnt/xen_images/domains/production# cd / >> >> >> serveerstertje:/# umount /mnt/xen_images/ >> >> >> serveerstertje:/# fsck -f -v -p /dev/serveerstertje/xen_images >> >> >> fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2 >> >> >> /dev/mapper/serveerstertje-xen_images: recovering journal >> >> >> >> >> >> 277 inodes used (0.00%) >> >> >> 5 non-contiguous files (1.8%) >> >> >> 0 non-contiguous directories (0.0%) >> >> >> # of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 41/41/3 >> >> >> Extent depth histogram: 69/28/2 >> >> >> 51890920 blocks used (79.18%) >> >> >> 0 bad blocks >> >> >> 41 large files >> >> >> >> >> >> 199 regular files >> >> >> 53 directories >> >> >> 0 character device files >> >> >> 0 block device files >> >> >> 0 fifos >> >> >> 0 links >> >> >> 16 symbolic links (16 fast symbolic links) >> >> >> 0 sockets >> >> >> -------- >> >> >> 268 files >> >> >> serveerstertje:/# >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> System: >> >> >> - Kernel 3.2.0 >> >> >> - Debian Squeeze with: >> >> >> ii e2fslibs 1.41.12-4stable1 ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries >> >> >> ii e2fsprogs 1.41.12-4stable1 ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities >> >> >> >> >> >> ===8<===========End of original message text=========== -- Best regards, Sander mailto:linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html