X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0-rupdated (updated) on oss.sgi.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.0-rupdated Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.176.25]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id n8EHjjTW071604 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:45:45 -0500 X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1252950418-70ab01f00000-NocioJ X-Barracuda-URL: http://cuda.sgi.com:80/cgi-bin/mark.cgi Received: from mx1.redhat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 3A11044EE4E for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:46:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id KEG8slM5GsLqtV1U for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:46:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.17]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8EHkf6P022082; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:46:41 -0400 Received: from neon.msp.redhat.com (neon.msp.redhat.com [10.15.80.10]) by int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8EHkeo2019671; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:46:40 -0400 Message-ID: <4AAE8180.6020609@sandeen.net> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:46:40 -0500 From: Eric Sandeen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christoph Hellwig CC: Steffen Knauf , xfs@oss.sgi.com X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: xfs_log_force: error 5 returend Subject: Re: xfs_log_force: error 5 returend References: <20090914100548.45440@gmx.net> <20090914164138.GA13081@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20090914164138.GA13081@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.17 X-Barracuda-Connect: mx1.redhat.com[209.132.183.28] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1252950419 X-Barracuda-Bayes: INNOCENT GLOBAL 0.0000 1.0000 -2.0210 X-Barracuda-Virus-Scanned: by cuda.sgi.com at sgi.com X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: -2.02 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=-2.02 using per-user scores of TAG_LEVEL=2.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=2.1 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.2.9015 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.94.2, clamav-milter version 0.94.2 on oss.sgi.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:05:48PM +0200, Steffen Knauf wrote: >> hello, >> >> sometimes, our server crashed with xfs_log_force: error 5. >> It isn't reproducible and a xfs_check / xfs_repair don't find some errors. >> >> Perhaps it's a bug? > > Error 5 is EIO, and xfs_log_force basically passed the error through > from the underlying device. Most likely it is an issue with the > underlying storage device. Also, just to be semantically correct, it's unlikely that this was a "server crash" - most likely you got an IO error, xfs noticed it, and shut itself down for safety. -Eric