Re: getting I/O errors in super_written()...any ideas what would cause this?

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On 28 November 2012 20:21, Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/28/2012 12:51 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
>>>> I'm running 2.6.27 with LVM over software RAID 1 over a pair of SAS
>>>> disks.
>>>>
>>>> Recently we started seeing messages of the following pattern:
>>>>
>>>> Nov 28 08:57:10 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector
>>>> 1758169523
>>>> Nov 28 08:57:10 kernel: md: super_written gets error=-5, uptodate=0
>>>> Nov 28 08:57:10 kernel: raid1: Disk failure on sda2, disabling
>>>> device.
>>>> Nov 28 08:57:10 kernel: raid1: Operation continuing on 1 devices.
>
>>> It would be interesting to see what SMART says about the above, sinde
>>> the error is regarding sda first, then md follows.
>>>
>>
>> Agreed - run smartctl -H /dev/sda or smartctl -a /dev/sda if -H succeeds
>
> Okay, I just got some more information that I didn't have earlier.
> Apparently we're doing a disk self-test command at the time we see
> the error.  I'm trying to get the details of exactly what is
> being run, but from the output below it looks like some form of
> background short test.
>
> Is it possible that the self test causes an error message that the kernel
> doesn't know how to handle?
>
>
> In any case, here's the smartctl output from right after a failure:
>
> root@typhoon-base-unit0:/root> ./smartctl --all /dev/sda
> smartctl version 5.38 [i686-wrs-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
> Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
> Device: WD       WD9001BKHG-02D22 Version: SR03
> Serial number:         WX21EB1ANU78
> Device type: disk
> Transport protocol: SAS
> Local Time is: Fri Nov 23 00:35:03 2012 HKT
> Device supports SMART and is Enabled
> Temperature Warning Enabled
> SMART Health Status: OK
>
> Current Drive Temperature:     39 C
> Drive Trip Temperature:        69 C
> Manufactured in week 01 of year 2010
> Recommended maximum start stop count:  1048576 times
> Current start stop count:      26 times
> Elements in grown defect list: 0
>
> Error counter log:
>            Errors Corrected by           Total   Correction     Gigabytes    Total
>                ECC          rereads/    errors   algorithm      processed    uncorrected
>            fast | delayed   rewrites  corrected  invocations   [109 bytes]  errors
> read:      21187        2         2     21189          2       4950.446           0
> write:        89        4         0        93          4       1317.938           0
> verify:      103        0         0       103          0          0.000           0
>
> Non-medium error count:   169436
>
> SMART Self-test log
> Num  Test              Status                 segment  LifeTime  LBA_first_err [SK ASC ASQ]
>      Description                              number   (hours)
> # 1  Background short  Self test in progress ...   4     NOW                 - [-   -    -]
> # 2  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> # 3  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> # 4  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> # 5  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> # 6  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> # 7  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> # 8  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> # 9  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #10  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #11  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #12  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #13  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #14  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #15  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #16  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #17  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #18  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #19  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #20  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
>
> Long (extended) Self Test duration: 6362 seconds [106.0 minutes]
>
>
>
>
> I also have this from ten minutes later with a newer version of smartctl:
>
> root@typhoon-base-unit0:/root> ./smartctl.eric -x /dev/sda
> smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (local build)
> Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
>
> Device: WD       WD9001BKHG-02D22 Version: SR03
> Serial number:         WX21EB1ANU78
> Device type: disk
> Transport protocol: SAS
> Local Time is: Fri Nov 23 00:45:08 2012 HKT
> Device supports SMART and is Enabled
> Temperature Warning Enabled
> SMART Health Status: OK
>
> Current Drive Temperature:     39 C
> Drive Trip Temperature:        69 C
> Manufactured in week 01 of year 2010
> Specified cycle count over device lifetime:  1048576
> Accumulated start-stop cycles:  26
> Specified load-unload count over device lifetime:  1114112
> Accumulated load-unload cycles:  0
> Elements in grown defect list: 0
>
> Error counter log:
>            Errors Corrected by           Total   Correction     Gigabytes    Total
>                ECC          rereads/    errors   algorithm      processed    uncorrected
>            fast | delayed   rewrites  corrected  invocations   [109 bytes]  errors
> read:      21189        2         2     21191          2       4950.446           0
> write:        89        4         0        93          4       1317.939           0
> verify:      103        0         0       103          0          0.000           0
>
> Non-medium error count:   169436
>
> SMART Self-test log
> Num  Test              Status                 segment  LifeTime  LBA_first_err [SK ASC ASQ]
>      Description                              number   (hours)
> # 1  Background short  Completed                   -    1378                 - [-   -    -]
> # 2  Background short  Completed                   -    1378                 - [-   -    -]
> # 3  Background short  Completed                   -    1378                 - [-   -    -]
> # 4  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> # 5  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> # 6  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> # 7  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> # 8  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> # 9  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #10  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #11  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #12  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #13  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #14  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #15  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #16  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #17  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #18  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #19  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
> #20  Background short  Completed                   -    1377                 - [-   -    -]
>
> Long (extended) Self Test duration: 6362 seconds [106.0 minutes]
>
> Background scan results log
>   Status: no scans active
>     Accumulated power on time, hours:minutes 1378:08 [82688 minutes]
>     Number of background scans performed: 0,  scan progress: 0.00%
>     Number of background medium scans performed: 0
> Protocol Specific port log page for SAS SSP
> relative target port id = 1
>   generation code = 0
>   number of phys = 1
>   phy identifier = 0
>     attached device type: end device
>     attached reason: unknown
>     reason: unknown
>     negotiated logical link rate: phy enabled; 3 Gbps
>     attached initiator port: ssp=1 stp=1 smp=1
>     attached target port: ssp=0 stp=0 smp=0
>     SAS address = 0x50014ee3556977a6
>     attached SAS address = 0x5fcfffff00000001
>     attached phy identifier = 0
>     Invalid DWORD count = 0
>     Running disparity error count = 0
>     Loss of DWORD synchronization = 3
>     Phy reset problem = 0
>     Phy event descriptors:
>      Transmitted SSP frame error count: 0
>      Received SSP frame error count: 0
> relative target port id = 2
>   generation code = 0
>   number of phys = 1
>   phy identifier = 1
>     attached device type: no device attached
>     attached reason: unknown
>     reason: unknown
>     negotiated logical link rate: phy enabled; unknown
>     attached initiator port: ssp=0 stp=0 smp=0
>     attached target port: ssp=0 stp=0 smp=0
>     SAS address = 0x50014ee3556977a7
>     attached SAS address = 0x0
>     attached phy identifier = 0
>     Invalid DWORD count = 0
>     Running disparity error count = 0
>     Loss of DWORD synchronization = 0
>     Phy reset problem = 0
>     Phy event descriptors:
>      Transmitted SSP frame error count: 0
>      Received SSP frame error count: 0
>
>
>
>

The drives look healthy, but am I reading that right? More than 10
self tests per hour?

Mathias
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