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From: Dale Blount <linux-kernel@dale.us>
To: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: null pointer dereference in cfq_dispatch_requests (2.6.21-rc2 and 2.6.20)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:23:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1174501407.14261.34.camel@dale.velocity.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <460174EC.8000608@redhat.com>

On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 14:09 -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> Dale Blount wrote:
> >> I'm puzzled why this is hitting Dan, but no one else has reported
> >> anything. Dan, did 2.6.19 work for you?
> > 
> > Actually, I believe it is happening to me too.  This is on a 4-disk raid5 with
> > one failed disk on two 2-port sata_sil pci controller cards.
> > 
> > The BUG below is from 2.6.20.3, but I will try 2.6.21-rc4 tonight.
> > The disk didn't fail until 2.6.20, so I don't know if 2.6.19 would have worked
> > or not.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Just to be clear: you have a RAID array (what level?) with a failed disk
> and it's giving you the same error that Dan gets?


Yes, the BUG looks to be pretty similar to me.  It's a 4 disk raid5 with
one disk missing (dead and sent in for RMA).

Dale


  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-21 18:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-28 18:02 Dan Williams
2007-02-28 18:18 ` Dan Williams
2007-02-28 18:49 ` Chuck Ebbert
2007-02-28 19:21   ` Chuck Ebbert
2007-03-01 12:08 ` Frank Seidel
2007-03-01 12:30   ` Jens Axboe
2007-03-01 19:50     ` Dan Williams
2007-03-21 13:07     ` Dale Blount
2007-03-21 18:09       ` Chuck Ebbert
2007-03-21 18:23         ` Dale Blount [this message]
2007-03-21 18:25           ` Chuck Ebbert
2007-03-21 19:59           ` Jens Axboe
2007-03-22 12:54             ` Dale Blount
2007-03-21 19:04       ` Johannes Weiner
2007-03-22 17:29         ` Johannes Weiner
2007-03-22 18:42         ` Jens Axboe
2007-03-22 19:22           ` Johannes Weiner

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