[7496] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: ncr53c8xx problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthias Andree)
Wed Nov 10 08:25:45 1999
To: Robert Johannes <rjohanne@piper.hamline.edu>
Cc: Sven Anders <anderss@fmi.uni-passau.de>,
linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: Robert Johannes's message of "Wed, 10 Nov 1999 03:00:28 -0600 (EST)"
From: Matthias Andree <mandree@dosis.uni-dortmund.de>
Date: 10 Nov 1999 13:31:14 +0100
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Robert Johannes <rjohanne@piper.hamline.edu> writes:
> Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
> Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: 08:04: rw=0, want=1819044973,
> limit=6136830
> Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: dev 08:04 blksize=1024 blocknr=1819044972
> sector=-656877352 size=1024 count=1
> Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
> Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: 08:04: rw=0, want=1819044973,
> limit=6136830
> Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: dev 08:04 blksize=1024 blocknr=1819044972
> sector=-656877352 size=1024 count=1
> Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
> Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: 08:04: rw=0, want=1819044973,
> limit=6136830
That's something about which you can read in Kernel Traffic #41 (check
http://www.kt.linuxcare.com)
> If anybody can enlighten as to why I'm getting total data wipe-outs, and
> these error messages, please help. It is a very discomforting thought to
> realize that these errors might lead to another data wipe-out.
It seems that "access beyond end of device" will cause major ext2
corruption. However, I have not fully followed the corresponding threads
in the linux-kernel ML, I've only read the summary in Kernel
Traffic. Maybe you should check the linux-kernel archives.
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