XFS internal error xfs_trans_cancel at line 1164 of file fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c

[Eddie Atherton]

Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Eddie Atherton wrote:
>   
>> I'm trying to install a clean Slackware 12.2 (2.6.27.7) under ESXi, and 
>> can almost guarantee getting this error immediately after formatting the 
>> root partition.  It's happened 4 out of the 5 times I've tried, so far.
>>
>> The sequence of commands, after digging through the install scripts, 
>> that lead to this failure are just:
>>
>> mkfs.xfs
>> mount
>> mkdir
>>
>> Apologies for posting the stack trace as a couple of jpg's, but it's the 
>> only way I could capture them, as I don't have any VMs set up, yet, that 
>> have conectivity to upload any files.  The stack trace can be found at:
>>
>> http://www.bogolinux.net/xfs_crash_a.JPG
>> http://www.bogolinux.net/xfs_crash_b.JPG
>>
>> I'm guessing that it's something to do with this running under a VM, but 
>> is there any way to stop it happening.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Eddie
>>     
>
> Not sure what that is offhand, seems odd.  xfs_mkdir() is getting some
> error and cancelling a dirty transaction.  Perhaps someone on the list
> remembers better than me, a few causes of this were fixed but I don't
> remember details.  Any chance you can try, say, .28 or .29? :)
>   
I'm not sure I can, because it's not a running system, where I can just 
recompile the kernel myself.  It's the Slack installer, that comes as a 
bootable initrd.img.

Cheers,
Eddie

> -Eric
>
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