Hello, On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Timeout on FLUSH_EXT. That's a bad sign. Patch to retry FLUSH is > >> pending but at any rate FLUSH failure is often accompanied by loss > >> of data and XFS is doing the right thing of giving up on it. > >> > >> Can you please post the result of "smartctl -a /dev/sda"? > > I checked it though there were no errors logged nor any other > > information that would catch attention. The disk/machine is pretty > > unused (a year old but low uptime, a few hours those days with > > uptime) > > > > Anyhow smaprtctl's output is blow. > > > > > 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 024 Pre-fail > > Always - 8589934592000 > > Whee... That's unusally high realloc count but I'm not sure whether it > indicates actual problem or it's just the drive's way of saying I'm > okay. But this does look quite suspicious. > > > 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age > > Always - 441778176 > > Hmmm.. Do you happen to have drives of the same model? If so, can you > please check what other drives are reporting? > I don't have other drives of the same model, but 3 ones slightly smaller in size and previous generation, those are just a few months older (but also have way more uptime), see below for the smartctl output. I've never seen ATA errors on them. These other drives are running on AMD based platform, SB600 SATA with AHCI. Just for the record, on the VIA there were no errors yet with 2.6.27-rc6-git3 though I ran some compiling on it. As such it *could* be that one of the patches pushed by Jeff helped: [libata] LBA28/LBA48 off-by-one bug in ata.h sata_inic162x: enable LED blinking ata: duplicate variable sparse warning Bruno =============== first drive ==================== smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Fujitsu MHW2 BH Device Model: FUJITSU MHW2160BH Serial Number: K102T7727YER Firmware Version: 0000001C User Capacity: 160,041,885,696 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 3b Local Time is: Tue Sep 16 09:50:34 2008 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 649) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 92) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 046 Pre-fail Always - 117083 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 030 Pre-fail Offline - 38797312 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 100 100 025 Pre-fail Always - 1 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 452 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 024 Pre-fail Always - 8589934592000 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 047 Pre-fail Always - 1461 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 019 Pre-fail Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 092 092 000 Old_age Always - 4125 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 020 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 451 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 13 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 42607 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 30 (Lifetime Min/Max 20/39) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 31 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 457375744 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 1978 203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2628559175426 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. =================== second drive ==================== smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Fujitsu MHW2 BH Device Model: FUJITSU MHW2160BH Serial Number: K102T7727YH5 Firmware Version: 0000001C User Capacity: 160,041,885,696 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 3b Local Time is: Tue Sep 16 10:16:17 2008 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 649) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 92) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 046 Pre-fail Always - 107032 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 030 Pre-fail Offline - 39190528 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 100 100 025 Pre-fail Always - 1 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 454 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 024 Pre-fail Always - 8589934592000 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 047 Pre-fail Always - 841 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 019 Pre-fail Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 092 092 000 Old_age Always - 4158 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 020 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 453 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 10 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 56896 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 29 (Lifetime Min/Max 19/36) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 412 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 412483584 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 8190 203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3732267335218 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. =========== third drive ======================== smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Fujitsu MHW2 BH Device Model: FUJITSU MHW2160BH Serial Number: K102T7727YFK Firmware Version: 0000001C User Capacity: 160,041,885,696 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 3b Local Time is: Tue Sep 16 10:17:49 2008 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 649) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 92) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 046 Pre-fail Always - 183032 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 030 Pre-fail Offline - 38862848 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 100 100 025 Pre-fail Always - 1 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 452 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 024 Pre-fail Always - 8589934592000 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 047 Pre-fail Always - 997 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 019 Pre-fail Offline - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 092 092 000 Old_age Always - 4114 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 020 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 451 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 15 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 46692 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 30 (Lifetime Min/Max 20/39) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 492 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 422903808 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 5669 203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3732273955621 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
