Hi, The subject line is a bit complicated, but this is the problem I have. I suppose it is a bug in the md driver (related to the write intent bitmap).
This is my configuration: I have two 500 GB disks attached to my nslu2. On both disks I have a root, a swap and a home partition. All these partitions have been configured in raid1 with mdadm after a regular installation on the first disk. This worked perfectly well. The problems began I after tried to add a write intent bitmap to the superblock of all my raid drives on a running debian nslu2: mdadm /dev/mdX -Gb internal Now I realize that I did this on a mounted raid1-root partition. Is this a problem? Anyway, not much longer the system became unresponsive. I have tried to reboot, which didn't work. In order to find out in more detail what was going on, I booted with the stable etch installer and went into console mode. I also attached the serial port to be able to trace the kernel messages. At the console, I first installed mdadm: /root # wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm-udeb_2.5.6-9_arm.udeb mdadm-udeb_2.5.6-9_a 100% |*****************************| 75988 00:00 ETA /root # udpkg -i mdadm-udeb_2.5.6-9_arm.udeb (Reading database...) (Updating database...) Now I made a second login via ssh and try to assemble the raid1 root partition: ~ # mdadm --assemble --auto=yes /dev/md1 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 mdadm: /dev/md1 has been started with 2 drives. and then I tried to mount this partition: ~ # mkdir /mnt/target ~ # modprobe ext3 ~ # mount /dev/md1 /mnt/target/ At this point the system hangs. At the serial console, I got these error messages: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 pgd = c0004000 [00000000] *pgd=00000000 Internal error: Oops: 817 [#1] Modules linked in: raid1 md_mod vfat fat sd_mod usb_storage scsi_mod evdev ixp4xx_mac ixp4xx_qmgr ixp4xx_beeper ixp4xx_npe firmware_class ehci_hcd ohci_hcd e CPU: 0 PC is at __bug+0x44/0x58 LR is at 0x1 pc : [<c00238a0>] lr : [<00000001>] Not tainted sp : c0f85eb0 ip : 60000093 fp : c0f85ebc r10: c128c200 r9 : 00000000 r8 : c0f85f6c r7 : ffffffff r6 : c136e120 r5 : c1aec5e0 r4 : 00000000 r3 : 00000000 r2 : 00000000 r1 : 0000274f r0 : 00000001 Flags: nZCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 Segment kernel Control: 397F Table: 01A0C000 DAC: 00000017 Process md2_resync (pid: 7170, stack limit = 0xc0f84250) Stack: (0xc0f85eb0 to 0xc0f86000) 5ea0: c0f85f04 c0f85ec0 bf0afc20 c0023868 5ec0: 0003eb80 00000000 00000000 00000002 00000000 00001000 00000000 00000000 5ee0: c128c200 00000000 00000000 00000000 0003eb80 00000000 c0f85f98 c0f85f08 5f00: bf09ef24 bf0af86c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 5f20: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000a944 0000a944 0000a944 0000a944 5f40: 0000a944 0000a944 0000a944 0000a944 0000a944 0000a944 c0f85f80 c0f85f68 5f60: c0042de0 c002b634 c0f85f84 00000000 c0f69ce0 c0f69ce0 7fffffff c0f84000 5f80: 00000000 00000000 00000000 c0f85fcc c0f85f9c bf09f694 bf09eb54 c1346510 5fa0: c0f84000 c0f69ce0 c0f84000 c0f5de30 c0f69ce0 c0f84000 c0f5de30 bf09f588 5fc0: c0f85ff4 c0f85fd0 c0049890 bf09f594 ffffffff ffffffff 00000000 00000000 5fe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 c0f85ff8 c0037fd8 c00497b4 00000000 00000000 Backtrace: [<c002385c>] (__bug+0x0/0x58) from [<bf0afc20>] (sync_request+0x3c0/0x5c0 [raid1]) [<bf0af860>] (sync_request+0x0/0x5c0 [raid1]) from [<bf09ef24>] (md_do_sync+0x3dc/0x80c [md_mod]) [<bf09eb48>] (md_do_sync+0x0/0x80c [md_mod]) from [<bf09f694>] (md_thread+0x10c/0x128 [md_mod]) [<bf09f588>] (md_thread+0x0/0x128 [md_mod]) from [<c0049890>] (kthread+0xe8/0x128) r7 = BF09F588 r6 = C0F5DE30 r5 = C0F84000 r4 = C0F69CE0 [<c00497a8>] (kthread+0x0/0x128) from [<c0037fd8>] (do_exit+0x0/0x840) r7 = 00000000 r6 = 00000000 r5 = 00000000 r4 = 00000000 Code: eb004925 e59f0014 eb004923 e3a03000 (e5833000) <6>md: md1 stopped. md: bind<sdb1> md: bind<sda1> md: md1: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction raid1: raid set md1 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors md1: bitmap initialized from disk: read 14/14 pages, set 0 bits, status: 0 created bitmap (209 pages) for device md1 md: delaying resync of md1 until md2 has finished resync (they share one or more physical units) kernel BUG at drivers/md/bitmap.c:1166! Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 pgd = c0004000 [00000000] *pgd=00000000 Internal error: Oops: 817 [#2] Modules linked in: ext3 jbd mbcache raid1 md_mod vfat fat sd_mod usb_storage scsi_mod evdev ixp4xx_mac ixp4xx_qmgr ixp4xx_beeper ixp4xx_npe firmware_class ee CPU: 0 PC is at __bug+0x44/0x58 LR is at 0x1 pc : [<c00238a0>] lr : [<00000001>] Not tainted sp : c1395c5c ip : 60000093 fp : c1395c68 r10: 00000002 r9 : c0a6f3e0 r8 : 00000000 r7 : 00000008 r6 : c029a3c0 r5 : c09f0000 r4 : 00000000 r3 : 00000000 r2 : 00000000 r1 : 0000327f r0 : 00000001 Flags: nZCv IRQs off FIQs on Mode SVC_32 Segment kernel Control: 397F Table: 00A48000 DAC: 00000017 Process pdflush (pid: 61, stack limit = 0xc1394250) Stack: (0xc1395c5c to 0xc1396000) 5c40: c1395c90 5c60: c1395c6c bf0a2fa4 c0023868 00000000 c0a27aa8 00000000 c0a27aa0 c0a6f7a0 5c80: c0a6f420 c1395cd4 c1395c94 bf0af6f8 bf0a2e0c c136e4e0 c12ae400 00000002 5ca0: c1ccb2c0 00000000 00000000 00000000 c0a6f7a0 c0f630ec 00000008 00000008 5cc0: 00001000 c0a6f7a0 c1395d18 c1395cd8 c00f0488 bf0af184 00000000 00000000 5ce0: 00000000 c1395d00 c1395cf4 c005d1a4 c0075250 c1395d38 c0eb2694 c0a6f7a0 5d00: 00000001 00000000 c0f620e4 c1395d6c c1395d1c c00f29bc c00f030c c0a6f7a0 5d20: c02f6ce0 00000010 c0f620e4 c1395d5c c1395d3c c007e834 c005d274 c0eb2694 5d40: c029a080 00000001 c0eb2694 c0a6f7a0 00000001 00000000 c0f620e4 c1395f50 5d60: c1395d88 c1395d70 c007a628 c00f28ec c0eb2694 c029a080 c0eb2694 c1395dc0 5d80: c1395d8c c007c408 c007a4dc c0081dec 00000000 001a134f 001a1350 00000000 5da0: c029a080 c0f620e4 00000000 c1395f50 c0081dec c1395dec c1395dc4 c007c628 5dc0: c007c16c c1395e24 c029a080 00000000 c1395f50 c0f62180 00000000 c0f631ac 5de0: c1395dfc c1395df0 c0080e04 c007c5d4 c1395e98 c1395e00 c009e4b4 c0080df8 5e00: 0000000e 0000000e 00000000 00000000 0000000e 00000000 c0080dec ffffffff 5e20: 00000000 0000000e 00000000 c029a080 c029a8a0 c029a280 c0291980 c0291940 5e40: c0291960 c02904a0 c0290520 c0290720 c0290500 c0290580 c02905c0 c0290c00 5e60: c0291fc0 000281a8 00000000 00000000 c1395f50 c0f620e4 c02d2800 c0f62180 5e80: 00000000 c1395f50 c1394000 c1395ea8 c1395e9c c0080dc8 c009e2c4 c1395ebc 5ea0: c1395eac c005fa68 c0080dc0 00000004 c1395f04 c1395ec0 c009caec c005fa30 5ec0: c0092b64 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 c02d2800 5ee0: c0f620e4 c0f631ac c1395f50 00000000 0000df85 c1394000 c1395f30 c1395f08 5f00: c009d008 c009c980 c02d2800 c02d283c c1395f50 c0210634 00000000 00000000 5f20: 00000000 c1395f4c c1395f34 c009d274 c009ce30 c1395fa4 00000040 c1394000 5f40: c1395f94 c1395f50 c005feb4 c009d21c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000400 5f60: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000031 00000c7a 00000333 5f80: c1395fa4 c0211558 c1395fcc c1395f98 c0060784 c005fe20 c1382100 c005fe14 5fa0: 00000040 c1395fa4 c1395fa4 0000df27 00000000 c1394000 c02e9f38 c0060670 5fc0: c1395ff4 c1395fd0 c0049890 c006067c ffffffff ffffffff 00000000 00000000 5fe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 c1395ff8 c0037fd8 c00497b4 00000000 00000000 Backtrace: [<c002385c>] (__bug+0x0/0x58) from [<bf0a2fa4>] (bitmap_startwrite+0x1a4/0x1ec [md_mod]) [<bf0a2e00>] (bitmap_startwrite+0x0/0x1ec [md_mod]) from [<bf0af6f8>] (make_request+0x580/0x5e8 [raid1]) r8 = C0A6F420 r7 = C0A6F7A0 r6 = C0A27AA0 r5 = 00000000 r4 = C0A27AA8 [<bf0af178>] (make_request+0x0/0x5e8 [raid1]) from [<c00f0488>] (generic_make_request+0x188/0x1a0) [<c00f0300>] (generic_make_request+0x0/0x1a0) from [<c00f29bc>] (submit_bio+0xdc/0x104) r8 = C0F620E4 r7 = 00000000 r6 = 00000001 r5 = C0A6F7A0 r4 = C0EB2694 [<c00f28e0>] (submit_bio+0x0/0x104) from [<c007a628>] (submit_bh+0x158/0x188) [<c007a4d0>] (submit_bh+0x0/0x188) from [<c007c408>] (__block_write_full_page+0x2a8/0x468) r6 = C0EB2694 r5 = C029A080 r4 = C0EB2694 [<c007c160>] (__block_write_full_page+0x0/0x468) from [<c007c628>] (block_write_full_page+0x60/0xd4) [<c007c5c8>] (block_write_full_page+0x0/0xd4) from [<c0080e04>] (blkdev_writepage+0x18/0x20) [<c0080dec>] (blkdev_writepage+0x0/0x20) from [<c009e4b4>] (mpage_writepages+0x1fc/0x3dc) [<c009e2b8>] (mpage_writepages+0x0/0x3dc) from [<c0080dc8>] (generic_writepages+0x14/0x18) [<c0080db4>] (generic_writepages+0x0/0x18) from [<c005fa68>] (do_writepages+0x44/0x64) [<c005fa24>] (do_writepages+0x0/0x64) from [<c009caec>] (__writeback_single_inode+0x178/0x330) r4 = 00000004 [<c009c974>] (__writeback_single_inode+0x0/0x330) from [<c009d008>] (sync_sb_inodes+0x1e4/0x2b4) [<c009ce24>] (sync_sb_inodes+0x0/0x2b4) from [<c009d274>] (writeback_inodes+0x64/0xb0) [<c009d210>] (writeback_inodes+0x0/0xb0) from [<c005feb4>] (background_writeout+0xa0/0xdc) r6 = C1394000 r5 = 00000040 r4 = C1395FA4 [<c005fe14>] (background_writeout+0x0/0xdc) from [<c0060784>] (pdflush+0x114/0x1dc) r5 = C0211558 r4 = C1395FA4 [<c0060670>] (pdflush+0x0/0x1dc) from [<c0049890>] (kthread+0xe8/0x128) r7 = C0060670 r6 = C02E9F38 r5 = C1394000 r4 = 00000000 [<c00497a8>] (kthread+0x0/0x128) from [<c0037fd8>] (do_exit+0x0/0x840) r7 = 00000000 r6 = 00000000 r5 = 00000000 r4 = 00000000 Code: eb004925 e59f0014 eb004923 e3a03000 (e5833000) What is the reason for this error messages? Is it really a driver bug? Or does this mean that I completely screwed up the superblock of /dev/md1? Maybe both? Anyway, even if I screwed my raid, a kernel should respond a bit more friendly, shouldn't it? Are there any people on this list that have successfully setup a root-raid1 with a write intent bitmap on an nslu2 with debian? thanks for reading until the end of this mail, Toon -- Toon Verstraelen Gustaaf Eylenboschplein 16 9000 Gent Belgium -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
