linux-ext4 - Re: EXT4-fs error in ext4_reserve_inode

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Date:	Fri, 22 May 2009 07:37:42 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Matteo Croce <matteo@...nwrt.org>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: EXT4-fs error in ext4_reserve_inode_write: Journal has aborted

Matteo Croce wrote:
> the HD seems to reset soon.
> can it be an hardware problem?

It can be, it'd be easier for me to tell you if you could provide any
messages prior to the remount messages, as I'd requested.

If you see things like ATA errors or resets, then yes, it's likely a
hardware problem.

But without actual information, I just have to guess....

-Eric

> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com> wrote:
>> Matteo Croce wrote:
>>> When launching a web browser in normal desktop usage, I get this and
>>> the disk mounted read only:
>>>
>>> [ 1101.535101] EXT4-fs error (device sda1) in
>>> ext4_reserve_inode_write: Journal has aborted
>> Anything before that?  I'd think you'd get a message when the journal
>> aborts.
>>
>>> [ 1101.535114] Remounting filesystem read-only
>>> [ 1101.535622] EXT4-fs error (device sda1) in
>>> ext4_reserve_inode_write: Journal has aborted
>>> [ 1101.535637] EXT4-fs error (device sda1) in ext4_dirty_inode:
>>> Journal has aborted
>>> [ 1101.535669] mpage_da_map_blocks block allocation failed for inode
>>> 1867 at logical offset 0 with max blocks 1 with error -30
>>> [ 1101.535681] This should not happen.!! Data will be lost
>> Hm this is probably a bad followon to the filesystem shutting down, and
>> delalloc data having nowhere to go...
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>>> [ 1101.535703] ext4_da_writepages: jbd2_start: 1024 pages, ino 1867; err -30
>>> [ 1101.535716] Pid: 26, comm: pdflush Not tainted 2.6.29.1 #12
>>> [ 1101.535724] Call Trace:
>>> [ 1101.535744]  [<c038602c>] ? printk+0x18/0x1c
>>> [ 1101.535862]  [<c01e5999>] ext4_da_writepages+0x409/0x430
>>> [ 1101.535879]  [<c01e7670>] ? ext4_da_get_block_write+0x0/0x210
>>> [ 1101.535893]  [<c01e5590>] ? ext4_da_writepages+0x0/0x430
>>> [ 1101.535907]  [<c0174f6e>] do_writepages+0x2e/0x50
>>> [ 1101.535921]  [<c01b4748>] __writeback_single_inode+0x88/0x500
>>> [ 1101.535936]  [<c0122957>] ? set_next_entity+0x97/0x180
>>> [ 1101.535950]  [<c01b4f73>] generic_sync_sb_inodes+0x283/0x410
>>> [ 1101.535963]  [<c01b52b7>] writeback_inodes+0x47/0xd0
>>> [ 1101.535975]  [<c01750e2>] wb_kupdate+0xb2/0x120
>>> [ 1101.535988]  [<c01761d2>] pdflush+0x112/0x1d0
>>> [ 1101.536000]  [<c0175030>] ? wb_kupdate+0x0/0x120
>>> [ 1101.536160]  [<c01760c0>] ? pdflush+0x0/0x1d0
>>> [ 1101.536173]  [<c0144e6c>] kthread+0x3c/0x70
>>> [ 1101.536184]  [<c0144e30>] ? kthread+0x0/0x70
>>> [ 1101.536198]  [<c0103cdb>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x1c
>>> [ 1101.536417] journal commit I/O error
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