Hi Eric, Zhao, Can I ask which kernel version the fix for this issue was introduced in? I have recently installed CentOS5 running a 2.6.18-8.1.4.el5 kernel on a new Dell PowerEdge SC1435 & appear to be having the same issue as that reported by Zhao. I'm trying to track down the fix for it, but am having trouble. Details: Machine: Dell PowerEdge SC1435 Raid config: Hardware RAID 1, 2 SATA disks 250GB each lspci output for the controller: 07:08.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068 PCI-X Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 01) Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 1f09 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 72 (16000ns min, 2500ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 193 Region 0: I/O ports at dc00 [disabled] [size=256] Region 1: Memory at effec000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 3: Memory at efff0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Expansion ROM at efe00000 [disabled] [size=1M] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [98] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [68] PCI-X non-bridge device Command: DPERE- ERO- RBC=512 OST=16 Status: Dev=07:08.0 64bit+ 133MHz+ SCD- USC- DC=simple DMMRBC=2048 DMOST=16 DMCRS=128 RSCEM- 266MHz- 533MHz- Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=1 Vector table: BAR=1 offset=00002000 PBA: BAR=1 offset=00003000 Reproduction steps: 1 Run the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager utility on a remote X console: 2 DISPLAY=xxx:0.0 /usr/local/Dell\ SAS\ RAID\ Storage\ Manager/startupui.sh 3 Select the secondary drive & force it to be offline 4 Review the kernel logging to indicate that the ext3 filesystem has called for ext3_abort References: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.scsi/30838/match=mptsas+ext3+abort http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cac8af0be0704100200v631 94731i91c9125ff7bff951%40mail.gmail.com%3e Kernel Logging: mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x30050000): Originator={IOP}, Code={Task Terminated}, SubCode(0x0000) mptsas: ioc0: removing sata device, channel 0, id 1, phy 1 sd 0:1:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00010000 end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 382084455 Buffer I/O error on device sda6, logical block 46170114 lost page write due to I/O error on sda6 sd 0:1:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00010000 end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 12812135 Buffer I/O error on device sda6, logical block 11074 lost page write due to I/O error on sda6 Aborting journal on device sda6. journal commit I/O error ext3_abort called. EXT3-fs error (device sda6): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal Remounting filesystem read-only mptscsih: ioc0: ERROR - Received a mf that was already freed mptscsih: ioc0: ERROR - req_idx=9680 req_idx_MR=9680 mf=ffff81007fbe4980 mr=0000000000000000 sc=0000000000000001 mptscsih: ioc0: ERROR - Received a mf that was already freed mptscsih: ioc0: ERROR - req_idx=4980 req_idx_MR=4980 mf=ffff81007fbe9b80 mr=0000000000000000 sc=0000000000000004 mptbase: ioc0: RAID STATUS CHANGE for PhysDisk 0 mptbase: ioc0: PhysDisk is now online, out of sync mptbase: ioc0: RAID STATUS CHANGE for VolumeID 0 mptbase: ioc0: volume is now degraded, enabled, resync in progress mptsas: ioc0: attaching sata device, channel 0, id 1, phy 0 Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD2500JS-75N Rev: 2E04 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 scsi 0:0:2:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 Cheers Lee Webb E: lwebb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx T: ext 186 - 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