linux-kernel - Re: libata timeout, MCE and kernel panic

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Message-ID: <20080724004928.226f892a@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:49:28 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Kevin Shanahan <kmshanah@...enchant.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: libata timeout, MCE and kernel panic

> recovery was required. It seems the journal recovery combined with the
> md device reconstruction was enough to cause an ata command
> timeout. After that I saw several MCEs and the kernel paniced.

An MCE is amachine check, and indicates the hardware detected a problem.
Given the sequence of heavy I/O, followed by a timeout and the processors
detecting inconsistencies - is your PSU sufficient ?

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