Re: [PLUG] smp/ext3/nfs/raid == solid lockup on 2.4.18 and 2.4.19

[Mental Patient <mental@neverlight.com>]

Fred K Ollinger wrote:
> I'm getting a solid lockup on linux 2.4.18 and 2.4.19. I just upgraded to
> 2.4.19 for a short time and got a crash in 24 hours. Now I'm back to
> 2.4.18.
>
> It is an ext3 error (posted below), as these messages keep getting spewed
> to messages right before a crash.
>
> I'm running a dell poweredge 4300 dual smp 500 mhz system. I am sharing
> out a raid 5 array (powervault 2115). All my fs are ext3.
>
> I got a lockup solid. This was in the middle of a backup (dump).
>
> It is nfs mounted on 5 clients.
>
> These lockups have been happening periodically ever since we got new raid
> array. We are using the aacraid driver for this.
>
> Does anyone have any other idea on how to start trouble-shooting this?
>
> I have spent some time reading up on all the pertinent error messages, but
> I am coming up short in the ideas stage:
> 1. what caused it
> 2. how to fix it


Are these ext3 issues truly ext3 issues, or software raid issues?

I ask because I've been using ext3 w/ 2.4.18 for a while now. My current 
uptime is 112 days. Should I be concerned? I'm not using raid.




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