linux-ext4 - Re: ext4: (2.6.34-rc4): This should not happen!! Data will be lost

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Date:	Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:30:24 +0200
From:	Andre Noll <maan@...temlinux.org>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-driver@...gic.com,
	Thomas Helle <Helle@...bingen.mpg.de>
Subject: Re: ext4: (2.6.34-rc4): This should not happen!!  Data will be lost

On 10:02, Eric Sandeen wrote:

> > I'm seeing the following errors when writing to an ext4 file system:
> > 
> > 	qla2xxx 0000:06:09.0: scsi(0:0:0): Abort command issued -- 1 fa6a73 2002.
> > 	end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 7812771880
> 
> Sounds like a hardware failure

Yes, or a problem with the qla2xxx driver. However, it's a bit
surprising that the hardware survived the stress test for more than
one day and went south just at the moment the fs was completely filled.

My first guess was that the problem might be caused by a reported
device size which is slightly larger than the actual size. But then

	ddrescue -i 7440Gi /dev/zero /dev/sda

would have resulted in a similar error. This command completed without
errors though.

Thanks
Andre
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