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Re: xfsdump estimates sometimes fail

To: jrj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: xfsdump estimates sometimes fail
From: "Bernhard R. Erdmann" <be@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:56:29 +0200
Cc: "amanda-users@xxxxxxxxxx" <amanda-users@xxxxxxxxxx>, Linux XFS Mailing List <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
References: <200107232132.QAA03943@gandalf.cc.purdue.edu>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >on a particular host (Linux 2.4.6-prexy-xfs, RH 7.1 + LVM + XFS, Amanda
> >2.4.2p2) sometimes sendsize fails to estimate sizes with xfsdump.

I recognized kernel oopses in syslog when Amanda tried to backup this
host (maxdumps=3):

Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
dereference at virtual address 00000008
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel:  printing eip:
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: c018debf
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: *pde = 00000000
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: Oops: 0000
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: CPU:    0
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: EIP:    0010:[xfs_itobp+303/464]
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: EIP:    0010:[<c018debf>]
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000010   ecx:
00000282   edx: dce9fadc
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: esi: 00000000   edi: ef0ae800   ebp:
00000000   esp: dce9fad0
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: Process xfsdump (pid: 20983,
stackpage=dce9f000)
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: Stack: 005422a0 00000000 e5085e40
00000000 00000286 00020000 a845a000 00000202 
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel:        005422a0 00000000 00000010
00028454 00000000 00000202 e44bf234 e5085e40 
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel:        e44bf234 00000000 00000000
dce9fc08 c0192fb5 ef0ae800 00000000 e44bf234 
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: Call Trace: [xfs_bulkstat+2293/3104]
[xfs_ioctl+1615/4768] [xfs_bulkstat_one+0/1344]
[_xfs_imap_to_bmap+55/688] [xfs_bmbt_get_state+37/48]
[avl_remove+201/224] [__alloc_pages+116/640] 
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel: Call Trace: [<c0192fb5>] [<c01aebef>]
[<c0192180>] [<c01b20d7>] [<c0173125>] [<c01545c9>] [<c0129b54>] 
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel:        [do_anonymous_page+54/144]
[update_process_times+32/128] [update_wall_time+22/80] [timer_bh+36/592]
[__delete_from_swap_cache+126/144] [handle_IRQ_event+58/112]
[tasklet_hi_action+137/176] [__alloc_pages_limit+112/160] 
Jul 24 00:45:28 somehost kernel:        [<c011fba6>] [<c0119b10>]
[<c01199c6>] [<c0119bd4>] [<c012a1ce>] [<c010812a>] [<c01168f9>]
[<c0129a90>] 
Jul 24 00:45:29 somehost kernel:        [__alloc_pages+191/640]
[do_anonymous_page+54/144] [do_no_page+48/192] [handle_mm_fault+97/208]
[__up_wakeup+8/20] [stext_lock+3185/9300]
[_end_pagebuf_page_io_multi+253/272] [dump_thread+37/288] 
Jul 24 00:45:29 somehost kernel:        [<c0129b9f>] [<c011fba6>]
[<c011fc30>] [<c011fd21>] [<c0105d64>] [<c023a95d>] [<c0155a5d>]
[<c0105865>] 
Jul 24 00:45:29 somehost kernel:        [linvfs_ioctl+45/64]
[dump_thread+37/288] [dump_thread+37/288] [sys_ioctl+375/400]
[dump_thread+37/288] [system_call+51/56] [dump_thread+37/288] 
Jul 24 00:45:29 somehost kernel:        [<c01ad88d>] [<c0105865>]
[<c0105865>] [<c013bca7>] [<c0105865>] [<c0106e4b>] [<c0105865>] 
Jul 24 00:45:29 somehost kernel: 

Same occured this morning when I drove sendsize by hand with maxdumps=3
but not with maxdumps=1.

Ok, I'll upgrade the kernel from 2.4.6-pre5-xfs to 2.4.7-xfs before any
further investigation...


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