On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:38:15 -0700 Scott Beardsley <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I originally posted this to smartmontools but was redirected here. > > I am running into a problem with short or long smartctl selftests > causing a disk reset. I'm using kernel.org v2.6.27 (I've also tried a > few CentOS kernels) and smartmontools v5.38 (the latest of each). When I > initiate a short selftest it'll run fine for a couple seconds then the > iowait jumps up while the disk resets. I don't think this is a disk > issue since I have 36 identical machines (and they all have this same > reproducible behavior). I also don't think it is a power problem because > the disks have seated correctly and the machine stays online when the > cpus are at 100%. The disks seem to be functioning normally because I > can read and write the whole disk. After I request a short selftest I > get this in dmesg: The timeout set on the command expired so the kernel aborted the command and recovered the link. Dump the actual SG_IO command block issued and see what timeout and other options are set. -- 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
