Re: XFS or Kernel Problem / Bug

[Stefan Priebe - FH]

Hi!

I've another idea... could it be, that it is a barrier problem? Since 
barriers are enabled by default from 2.6.17 on ...

Stefan

David Chinner schrieb:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:51:10AM +0100, Stefan Priebe - FH wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm  not shure but perhaps it isn't an XFS Bug.
> >
> > Here is what i find out:
> >
> > We've about 300 servers at the momentan and 5 of them are "old" Intel 
> > Pentium 4 Machines with a DFI PM-12 Mainboard with VIA chipset. It only 
> > happens on THESE Machines.
>
> Hmmm - that points more to a hardware problem than a software problem;
> crashes in generic_file_buffered_write() are relatively uncommon, and
> to have them all isolated to a specific type of hardware is suspicious....
>
> Wasn't there a major update of the IDE layer in 2.6.18? or was that
> 2.6.19 that I'm thinking of? BTW, have you run memtest86 on these
> boxes to rule out dodgy memory?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.


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