Hello, list, I found the issue when i do this: 1. some raid action (replace and resync 2 drives) 2. switch the md2 to readonly 3. xfsrepair -n the md2 (loop0) (everything is OK) 4. mount the md2 (loop0) with -o ro Feb 7 03:49:34 Albohacen-global kernel: Filesystem "loop0": Disabling barriers, not supported by the underlying device Feb 7 03:49:34 Albohacen-global kernel: XFS mounting filesystem loop0 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: kernel BUG at drivers/md/md.c:5145! Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: invalid opcode: 0000 [1] SMP Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: CPU 0 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: Modules linked in: usb_storage autofs4 hidp rfcomm l2cap bluetooth sunrpc ip6t_REJECT ip6table_filter ip6_tables ipv6 video sbs dock button battery ac parport_pc lp parport snd_hda_intel snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_mixe r_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc shpchp ehci_hcd i2c_i801 uhci_hcd i2c_core serio_raw Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: Pid: 257, comm: pdflush Not tainted 2.6.22.15 #1 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff806a6cdf>] [<ffffffff806a6cdf>] md_write_start+0x22/0x108 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff81003f5b1920 EFLAGS: 00010246 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff81003efeee20 RCX: 000000005bf57f78 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: RDX: ffff81003dac2488 RSI: ffff810027fe2ab0 RDI: ffff81003efeee20 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: RBP: ffff81003f5b1970 R08: 0000000000900002 R09: 0000000000000000 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: R10: ffff810022607d38 R11: 0000000000000010 R12: ffff810027fe2ab0 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: R13: ffff81003ef00cc8 R14: ffff810027fe2ab0 R15: 000000005bf57f78 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffffff80a74000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: CR2: 000000000060b9a0 CR3: 00000000339e3000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: Process pdflush (pid: 257, threadinfo ffff81003f5b0000, task ffff81003f40d840) Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: Stack: ffff81003e988938 0000000000000001 ffff81003f5b1940 ffffffff807609db Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: ffff81003f5b19f0 ffffffff8069ef1a ffff81003e928938 ffff81003ef00cc8 Feb 7 03:49:35 Albohacen-global kernel: ffff810027fe2ab0 ffff81003ef00cc8 ffff81003f5b1a20 ffffffff8069ea1b Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: Call Trace: Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: Call Trace: Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff807609db>] _spin_unlock_irq+0x9/0xc Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff8069ef1a>] make_request+0x55d/0x5df Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff8069ea1b>] make_request+0x5e/0x5df Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80264eec>] mempool_alloc_slab+0x11/0x13 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff8027e712>] poison_obj+0x27/0x32 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80264eec>] mempool_alloc_slab+0x11/0x13 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff8027e837>] cache_alloc_debugcheck_after+0x11a/0x19b Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80417588>] generic_make_request+0x293/0x2d2 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80419963>] submit_bio+0xbc/0xc5 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff802a386d>] submit_bh+0xed/0x111 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff802a4cc1>] __block_write_full_page+0x1dd/0x2e3 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff802a8b19>] blkdev_get_block+0x0/0x4d Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff802a4e79>] block_write_full_page+0xb2/0xb6 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff8026c374>] __dec_zone_page_state+0x1e/0x20 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff802a7c8e>] blkdev_writepage+0x13/0x15 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80267525>] __writepage+0x15/0x36 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80267a5a>] write_cache_pages+0x1b9/0x30b Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80267510>] __writepage+0x0/0x36 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80267bce>] generic_writepages+0x22/0x28 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80267bff>] do_writepages+0x2b/0x3a Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff8029feaf>] __writeback_single_inode+0x1d1/0x35f Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80261151>] delayacct_end+0x81/0x8c Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff802a0401>] sync_sb_inodes+0x1ac/0x268 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff802a087d>] writeback_inodes+0x99/0xf8 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80268172>] wb_kupdate+0x9d/0x110 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff802684c1>] pdflush+0x0/0x1f8 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff8026860b>] pdflush+0x14a/0x1f8 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80229552>] __wake_up_common+0x3e/0x68 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff802680d5>] wb_kupdate+0x0/0x110 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80244c21>] kthread+0x49/0x78 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff8020a398>] child_rip+0xa/0x12 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff80244bd8>] kthread+0x0/0x78 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: [<ffffffff8020a38e>] child_rip+0x0/0x12 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: Code: 0f 0b eb fe 83 f8 02 75 1c c7 47 30 00 00 00 00 90 0f ba af Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: RIP [<ffffffff806a6cdf>] md_write_start+0x22/0x108 Feb 7 03:49:36 Albohacen-global kernel: RSP <ffff81003f5b1920> [here: mdadm --readwrite /dev/md2] Feb 7 03:51:21 Albohacen-global kernel: md: md2 switched to read-write mode. [here: mount .... -o remount,rw] Feb 7 03:52:50 Albohacen-global kernel: Filesystem "loop0": Disabling barriers, not supported by the underlying device The files in mount point is unacessible. (system reboot) No data lost. :-) some more info: [root@Albohacen-global log]# uname -a Linux Albohacen-global 2.6.22.15 #1 SMP Mon Dec 24 10:15:03 CET 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@Albohacen-global log]# losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/loop0: [0010]:7011 (/dev/md2), encryption blowfish (type 18) [root@Albohacen-global log]# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [multipath] [faulty] md1 : active raid4 sdf2[1] sde2[0] sdd2[5] sdc2[4] sdb2[3] sda2[2] 19558720 blocks level 4, 64k chunk, algorithm 0 [6/6] [UUUUUU] bitmap: 2/239 pages [8KB], 8KB chunk md2 : active raid4 sdf3[1] sde3[0] sdd3[5] sdc3[4] sdb3[3] sda3[2] 1542761600 blocks level 4, 64k chunk, algorithm 0 [6/6] [UUUUUU] bitmap: 5/148 pages [20KB], 1024KB chunk md0 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0] 104320 blocks [2/2] [UU] unused devices: <none> Thanks, Janos Haar - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html