Re: XFS internal error xfs_trans_cancel at line 1150 of file fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c

["Christian Røsnes" <christian.rosnes@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 10:45 PM, David Chinner <dgc@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 11:51:51AM +0100, Christian Røsnes wrote:

>  > Kernel: 2.6.17.7 (custom compiled)
>  >
>  > Are there any known XFS problems with this kernel version and nearly
>  > full partitions ?
>
>  Yes. Deadlocks that weren't properly fixed until 2.6.18 (partially
>  fixed in 2.6.17) and an accounting problem in the transaction code
>  that leads to the shutdown you are seeing. The accounting problem is
>  fixed by this commit:
>
>  
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=45c34141126a89da07197d5b89c04c6847f1171a
>
>  which I think went into 2.6.22.
>
>  Luckily, neither of these problems result in corruption.
>
>
>  > I'm thinking about upgrading the kernel to a newer version, to see if
>  > it fixes this problem.
>  > Are there any known XFS problems with version 2.6.24.2 ?
>
>  Yes - a problem with readdir. The fix is currently in the stable
>  queue (i.e for 2.6.24.3):
>
>  
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=commit;h=ee864b866419890b019352412c7bc9634d96f61b
>
>  So we are just waiting for Greg to release 2.6.24.3 now.
>

Thanks. I ran memtest overnight just to be sure and no errors were
found.  I'll wait for 2.6.24.3, and then upgrade the kernel.

Christian