https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=187381 --- Comment #3 from Samuel Flory Silbory <samuel.silbory@xxxxxxx> --- Seems sane now. root@pcsnode:~# uname -a Linux pcsnode 4.9.0-rc4-1-default #1 SMP Wed Nov 9 13:59:28 PST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@pcsnode:~# ls /dev/sd* /dev/sda /dev/sdc /dev/sde /dev/sdg /dev/sdi /dev/sdk /dev/sdk2 /dev/sdk4 /dev/sdk6 /dev/sdl /dev/sdb /dev/sdd /dev/sdf /dev/sdh /dev/sdj /dev/sdk1 /dev/sdk3 /dev/sdk5 /dev/sdk7 /dev/sdm root@pcsnode:~# The only difference compared to 4.8/4/4 is the boot drive on the SATA controller ended up sdk instead of sdm (the last drive). It's not an issue for me as I mount things by UUID ________________________________________ From: Samuel Silbory Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 1:19 PM To: James Bottomley; bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [Bug 187381] New: 4.9.-rc4 produces hundreds of unusable scsi devices. Certainly I'll give it a try. ________________________________________ From: James Bottomley [James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 12:49 PM To: bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Samuel Silbory Subject: Re: [Bug 187381] New: 4.9.-rc4 produces hundreds of unusable scsi devices. On Wed, 2016-11-09 at 20:20 +0000, bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bugzilla.kernel.org_show-5Fbug.cgi-3Fid-3D187381&d=CwICaQ&c=DZ-EF4pZfxGSU6MfABwx0g&r=4FOU_7YnNtQNKWSdicj67DITRyD0V0NPxX2P7qBxsr8&m=qqYheGXoM4mBPxyZZ7HM1rugSFukVAVfEjl1ifhaoqU&s=67orQXH1IekXCew60eHDOmksAqiZIU69q0eGzoqiWMM&e= > > Bug ID: 187381 > Summary: 4.9.-rc4 produces hundreds of unusable scsi > devices. > Product: SCSI Drivers > Version: 2.5 > Kernel Version: 4.9-rc4 > Hardware: All > OS: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Other > Assignee: scsi_drivers-other@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Reporter: samuel.silbory@xxxxxxx > Regression: No > > Created attachment 244091 > --> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__bugzilla.kernel.org_attachment.cgi-3Fid-3D244091-26action-3Dedit&d=CwICaQ&c=DZ-EF4pZfxGSU6MfABwx0g&r=4FOU_7YnNtQNKWSdicj67DITRyD0V0NPxX2P7qBxsr8&m=qqYheGXoM4mBPxyZZ7HM1rugSFukVAVfEjl1ifhaoqU&s=ypXf8FCNK77zZPf1gXuZlzQpRkGQWJ_WEGmWjqnXTOI&e= > Debian's kernel log file. Note that this contains functional boots > with older > kernels as well earlier in the file. > > With both my hand compiled 4.9-rc4 from kernel.org sources and > Ubuntu's > 4.9.0-040900rc4-generic the kernel creates hundred of useless > /dev/sd?? > devices. This system is fine with various 4.4, and 4.8 kernels. > > The logs are spammed with messages like these > 2016-11-09T12:17:00.021765-08:00 Node001 kernel: [75590.503155] Dev > sdjm: > unable to read RDB block 1 > 2016-11-09T12:17:00.021767-08:00 Node001 kernel: [75590.503188] > sdjm: unable > to read partition table > 2016-11-09T12:17:00.021769-08:00 Node001 kernel: [75590.503191] sdjm: > partition > table beyond EOD, enabling native capacity > 2016-11-09T12:17:00.021776-08:00 Node001 kernel: [75590.504463] sd > 1:3:126:0: This was reported to the mailing list and should be fixed by this: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__marc.info_-3Fl-3Dlinux-2Dscsi-26m-3D147868920429684&d=CwICaQ&c=DZ-EF4pZfxGSU6MfABwx0g&r=4FOU_7YnNtQNKWSdicj67DITRyD0V0NPxX2P7qBxsr8&m=qqYheGXoM4mBPxyZZ7HM1rugSFukVAVfEjl1ifhaoqU&s=KCePcDLsNpEqob1iEoGGCb5Qf-smnMYk4XsK62Sp0h4&e= We'll fast track this, but can you verify it fixes your issue. Thanks, James -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html