Hello, I'm running an up-to-date Fedora 29 x86_64 (kernel 4.19.13-300.fc29.x86_64).
My ext4 file system got inconsistent twice in a week: the first time, the '/home' partition; the last time, both '/root' and '/home' partitions. I had to use a live distro to fix it with fsck.
I ran several disk test utilities to check for HW errors, including: * HDDScan 4.0 (http://hddscan.com/): VERIFY, READ and BUTTERFLY tests * Diagnostics tests from Dell's BIOS * SMART self-test All these tests succeded: no problem detected.
If I exclude HW errors, the only other option is a SW error (in the kernel?).
Any idea?
Thank you for your help.
Marco
On 05.01.19 21:10, Marco Guazzone wrote:
I'm running an up-to-date Fedora 29 x86_64 (kernel 4.19.13-300.fc29.x86_64).
My ext4 file system got inconsistent twice in a week: the first time, the '/home' partition; the last time, both '/root' and '/home' partitions. I had to use a live distro to fix it with fsck.
I ran several disk test utilities to check for HW errors, including:
- HDDScan 4.0 (http://hddscan.com/): VERIFY, READ and BUTTERFLY tests
- Diagnostics tests from Dell's BIOS
- SMART self-test
All these tests succeded: no problem detected.
i recommend to run memtest86+ for at least 24 hours.
If I exclude HW errors, the only other option is a SW error (in the kernel?).
there is
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201685
i did not know anything about the current state.
best regards Ulf
On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 9:54 PM Ulf Volmer u.volmer@u-v.de wrote:
On 05.01.19 21:10, Marco Guazzone wrote:
I'm running an up-to-date Fedora 29 x86_64 (kernel
4.19.13-300.fc29.x86_64).
My ext4 file system got inconsistent twice in a week: the first time, the '/home' partition; the last time, both '/root' and '/home' partitions. I had to use a live distro to fix it with fsck.
I ran several disk test utilities to check for HW errors, including:
- HDDScan 4.0 (http://hddscan.com/): VERIFY, READ and BUTTERFLY tests
- Diagnostics tests from Dell's BIOS
- SMART self-test
All these tests succeded: no problem detected.
i recommend to run memtest86+ for at least 24 hours.
If I exclude HW errors, the only other option is a SW error (in the kernel?).
there is
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201685
i did not know anything about the current state.
best regards Ulf
Dear Ulf,
Thank you very much for the hints. For anyone interested, there is the following LWN article (pointed out by a colleague of mine) that summarizes this inconsistency issue: https://lwn.net/Articles/774440/
Best, Marco
On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 10:58 AM Marco Guazzone marco.guazzone@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 9:54 PM Ulf Volmer u.volmer@u-v.de wrote:
Dear Ulf,
Thank you very much for the hints. For anyone interested, there is the following LWN article (pointed out by a colleague of mine) that summarizes this inconsistency issue: https://lwn.net/Articles/774440/
Best, Marco
Hello, Just for the record, ext4 has just become inconsistent again. Luckily, I had with me a USB with a live image so I could run fsck.
Marco
On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 2:25 PM Marco Guazzone marco.guazzone@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 10:58 AM Marco Guazzone marco.guazzone@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 9:54 PM Ulf Volmer u.volmer@u-v.de wrote:
Dear Ulf,
Thank you very much for the hints. For anyone interested, there is the following LWN article (pointed out by a colleague of mine) that summarizes this inconsistency issue: https://lwn.net/Articles/774440/
Best, Marco
Hello, Just for the record, ext4 has just become inconsistent again. Luckily, I had with me a USB with a live image so I could run fsck.
Marco
It happened again. This time with kernel 4.20.4-200.fc29.x86_64.
Marco
On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 5:20 PM Ulf Volmer u.volmer@u-v.de wrote:
On 01.02.19 08:56, Marco Guazzone wrote:
It happened again. This time with kernel 4.20.4-200.fc29.x86_64.
Did you run memtest in the meantime?
Best regards Ulf
Hi,
[I resend the message without the memtest screenshot because the previous one is awaiting for moderation]
Yes, I ran memtest days ago and I've just run it again today. The memtest version I'm using is the PassMark's memtest86 v.8.1.
All tests passed.
Thank you.
Best regards, Marco