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Message-ID: <20131028063905.GA9017@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:39:06 +0800 From: Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@...il.com> To: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca> Cc: Stephen Elliott <techweb@...world.com>, David Jeffery <djeffery@...hat.com>, "linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org List" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@...m.fraunhofer.de>, Eric Whitney <enwlinux@...il.com> Subject: Re: Query FSCK Errors on ext4 [Cc Eric Whitney to confirm this problem] Hi Andreas, If I remember correctly, this patch might can fix this problem [1]. 1. http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg39485.html Regards, - Zheng On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:13:26AM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote: > The error reported here is a relatively new one. It only appeared in > e2fsck 1.42.8, and wasn’t in the code that I’m using locally (1.42.7) > so I wasn’t sure what it actually meant without looking at it. > > It looks like some kind of overflow of the extent tree, which causes > e2fsck to chop off the last 5 disk blocks (40 sectors), though I’m not > sure exactly why. From your comments, this can be reproduced with > your database usage? Does it use fallocate() or any other strange > IO operations that might be causing this? > > Have you tried updating your kernel? If there is repeated corruption > appearing in the filesystem, then it is either a bug in the kernel or > in e2fsck. Not really sure which one to blame at this point. > > Cheers, Andreas > > On Oct 18, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Stephen Elliott <techweb@...world.com> wrote: > > > Any feedback on this guys??? Would really appreciate somebody taking a look over this. > > > > From: Stephen Elliott [mailto:techweb@...world.com] > > Sent: 22 September 2013 20:13 > > To: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org; linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org; Andreas Dilger (adilger@...ger.ca); 'Bernd Schubert' > > Subject: Query FSCK Errors on ext4 > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have theorised that the problem comes from the MS access DB being open (over Samba) on client workstations when the server is reloaded. > > > > Since ensuring these are closed prior to reloading, I have not seen further FSCK errors on reload. Is there an explanation for this? I can see why this may corrupt DB but not the filesystem. > > > > Just as a primer, I used a ReadyNAS NV+ for many years which was running ext3 and never had this issue. However, since using ext4 on a ReadyNAS Pro, I now see this issue. > > > > Many Thanks > > Stephen Elliott > > > > From: Stephen Elliott [mailto:techweb@...world.com] > > Sent: 23 July 2013 22:02 > > To: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org; linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org; Andreas Dilger (adilger@...ger.ca); 'Bernd Schubert' > > Subject: RE: FSCK Errors on ext4 > > > > If it helps guys, the same file as before is causing the issue with inode 4195610, a very large MS access DB. > > > > From: Stephen Elliott [mailto:techweb@...world.com] > > Sent: 23 July 2013 21:52 > > To: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org; linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org; Andreas Dilger (adilger@...ger.ca); 'Bernd Schubert' > > Subject: FSCK Errors on ext4 > > > > Hi Andreas / Bernd / all, > > > > You may recall advising me on another batch of FSCK errors a few months back. > > > > The same device on an ext4 file system has produced the following errors after a clean reload. It seems to be fine now but wanted your input on this. No bad blocks are reported on the devices etc. > > > > ***** File system check forced at Tue Jul 23 21:02:13 WEST 2013 ***** fsck 1.42.8 (20-Jun-2013) e2fsck 1.42.8 (20-Jun-2013) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Inode 4195619, end of extent exceeds allowed value > > (logical block 64907, physical block 11435403, len 16) Clear? yes > > > > Inode 4195619, i_blocks is 1337216, should be 1337176. Fix? yes > > > > Pass 2: Checking directory structure > > Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity > > Pass 4: Checking reference counts > > Pass 5: Checking group summary information Block bitmap differences: -(11435403--11435407) Fix? yes > > > > Free blocks count wrong for group #348 (2130, counted=2135). > > Fix? yes > > > > Free blocks count wrong (417470107, counted=417470112). > > Fix? yes > > > > > > /dev/c/c: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** > > /dev/c/c: 625785/30212096 files (13.6% non-contiguous), 65923424/483393536 blocks > > > > Many Thanks > > Stephen Elliott > > > Cheers, Andreas > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in > the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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