On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 01:12:02AM +0200, David Lamparter wrote: > Hi, > > > since updating from some 2.6.35 (or 2.6.37?**) stable version to 2.6.39.1, > i can't seem to run extended SMART diagnostics reliably anymore. When I > try to run a test, it starts fine but after a while (seems random, note > the timestamps - tests started simultaneously) I get: > > [464527.840069] ata8.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > [464527.840083] ata8.00: failed command: SMART > [464527.840100] ata8.00: cmd b0/d5:01:09:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 tag 0 pio 512 in > [464527.840103] res 40/00:00:06:4f:c2/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout) > [464527.840111] ata8.00: status: { DRDY } > [464527.840125] ata8: hard resetting link > [464527.840131] ata8: nv: skipping hardreset on occupied port > [464528.308061] ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) > [464528.348422] ata8.00: configured for UDMA/133 > [464528.348481] ata8: EH complete > ... later ... > [472205.856077] ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > [472205.856091] ata4.00: failed command: SMART > (+ same as above) > [477245.856074] ata5.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen > [477245.856089] ata5.00: failed command: SMART > (+ same as above) > > Of 6 identical disks, > - 3 completed the test successfully > - one reports "Extended offline Interrupted (host reset)" w/ 90% left > - one reports same w/ 40% left > - one reports same w/ 10% left > (matches up with the times, they're all WDC WD10EACS-00D6B1 that take > 255 minutes = 15300 sec to complete the extended test routine.) > > There are no problems in regular operation, no other exceptions in my > current dmesg either. SMART info from the disks looks okay as well. > > Any ideas? Known regression? Sadly I'm not sure whether it worked on > 2.6.37, I think I last ran extended tests on 2.6.35 and that went OK. Forgot link to hardware info - http://nopaste.info/7d79ff3679.html in case it's relevant... -David (Cc please, not subscribed) -- 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