linux-ext4 - Re: ext4: media error but where?

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Date:	Fri, 4 Jul 2014 20:06:51 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ext4: media error but where?

Hi!

> > What I need from people reporting problems: 
> > 
> > * What is the HDD/SSD/eMMC device involved
> 
> SATA hdd, will get you exact data.

Hitachi HTS545050A7E380, got it from ps/3 at april 25, 2014, never had
problems according to smart.

> > * What kernel version were you running
> 
> For last month? Various, 3.10 to 3.16-rc, mostly 3.15+.
> 
> > * What distribution are you running (more so I know what the init
> >   scripts might or might not have been doing vis-a-vis running fsck
> >   after a crash)
> 
> Debian 6.

6.0.9

> Is it possible that my fsck is so old it does not clear this "filesystem
> had error in past" flag? Because I strongly suspect I'll boot into
> init=/bin/bash, run fsck, it will tell me "all clean", and the messages
> will repeat in the middle of fsck run.

And indeed:

..init=/bin/bash
# fsck /dev/sda3
e2fsck 1.41.12
rootfs: clean
# date +%s
1404496...
#
EXT4-fs (sda3): error count: 11
EXT4-fs (sda3): initial error at 1401741...
...

(hand copied)

Thanks,
									Pavel

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