Re: EXT2FS errors: Please interpret!

Jon Lewis (jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net)
Thu, 26 Mar 1998 09:28:49 -0500 (EST)


On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Sachin Garg wrote:

> I keep getting the following extfs errors in my kernellog. I can't make
> head or tail of. Someone please help me.
>
> What is this device 03:03.

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 3 Apr 27 1995 /dev/hda3

> --------Some errors have been snipped of---
>
> Mar 23 15:18:29 sangam kernel: EXT2-fs warning (device 03:03): ext2_free_blocks
> : bit already cleared for block 149790

This sort of thing seems to be common on systems that realy pound the
filesystem...like news servers.

> Mar 24 15:45:25 sangam kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
> Mar 24 15:45:25 sangam kernel: 03:02: rw=0, want=1094721025, limit=102816

That's bad. I'd guess if it's not a config error, probably memory
corruption. It looks way too far off to be a simple config error.

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