linux-kernel - Re: [3.7-rc8 regression] Buffer I/O error on device sda during boot (attempt to access beyond end of device)

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Date:	Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:22:58 +0100
From:	M Z <magez.magez@...il.com>
To:	Lekensteyn <lekensteyn@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [3.7-rc8 regression] Buffer I/O error on device sda during boot
 (attempt to access beyond end of device)

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Lekensteyn <lekensteyn@...il.com> wrote:
> On Monday 10 December 2012 11:42:22 M Z wrote:
>> booting vanilla  3.7-rc8 kernel on Acer Aspire 1810TZ yields these
>> errors (I was using 3.6.9-1 and 3.5.5-1 from Debian experimental
>> before without these errors)
>>
>>  [    9.265058] attempt to access beyond end of device
> <snip>
>>  [    9.265389] Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 121047812
>>
>>
>> Any idea before I hit the bisect route? (should I worry about these errors?
>> )
>
> This error immediately showed up when testing 3.7-rc8 and is discussed/patched
> already on https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/3/497.
>
> To cite from https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/3/510:
>> Anyway, to clarify: the printk's are harmless, since the IO past the
>> end of the device is just error'ed out, and always has been.  Which is
>> why I was considering just removing them.
>
> Regards,
> Peter


Thanks for the info and sorry for the noise. *note to self - do not
google while asleep*


Regards

Matej
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