We're seeing errors very similar to this on 2 16.04 VMs, both attached to different SANs. Sadly one is the live data and the other the backup, so...
kern.log snippet: Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.146482] EXT4-fs (sda1): previous I/O error to superblock detected Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.151094] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.151102] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 Sense Key : Data Protect [current] Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.151115] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 Add. Sense: Space allocation failed write protect Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.151120] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 CDB: Write(16) 8a 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.151124] blk_update_request: critical space allocation error, dev sda, sector 2048 Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.154859] Buffer I/O error on dev sda1, logical block 0, lost sync page write Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.158519] EXT4-fs error (device sda1): ext4_readdir:224: inode #11: block 11595: comm bash: path /mnt/oae-backups/lost+found: bad entry in directoryr0 Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.165899] EXT4-fs (sda1): previous I/O error to superblock detected Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.170487] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.170494] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 Sense Key : Data Protect [current] Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.170503] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 Add. Sense: Space allocation failed write protect Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.170511] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 CDB: Write(16) 8a 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.170515] blk_update_request: critical space allocation error, dev sda, sector 2048 Apr 25 14:54:52 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778105.174225] Buffer I/O error on dev sda1, logical block 0, lost sync page write Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.432404] EXT4-fs error: 851 callbacks suppressed Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.432430] EXT4-fs error (device sda1): ext4_lookup:1583: inode #77009420: comm ls: deleted inode referenced: 77531011 Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.436785] EXT4-fs: 851 callbacks suppressed Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.436789] EXT4-fs (sda1): previous I/O error to superblock detected Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.442236] scsi_io_completion: 851 callbacks suppressed Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.442248] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.442255] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 Sense Key : Data Protect [current] Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.442260] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 Add. Sense: Space allocation failed write protect Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.442266] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 CDB: Write(16) 8a 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.442268] blk_update_request: 851 callbacks suppressed Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.442271] blk_update_request: critical space allocation error, dev sda, sector 2048 Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.446366] buffer_io_error: 851 callbacks suppressed Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.446370] Buffer I/O error on dev sda1, logical block 0, lost sync page write Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.450566] EXT4-fs error (device sda1): ext4_lookup:1583: inode #77009420: comm ls: deleted inode referenced: 77531009 Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.454853] EXT4-fs (sda1): previous I/O error to superblock detected Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.460198] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.460206] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 Sense Key : Data Protect [current] Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.460210] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 Add. Sense: Space allocation failed write protect Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.460215] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 CDB: Write(16) 8a 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.460219] blk_update_request: critical space allocation error, dev sda, sector 2048 Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.464438] Buffer I/O error on dev sda1, logical block 0, lost sync page write Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.468425] EXT4-fs error (device sda1): ext4_lookup:1583: inode #77009420: comm ls: deleted inode referenced: 77531010 Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.472349] EXT4-fs (sda1): previous I/O error to superblock detected Apr 25 14:55:26 oaebackup1 kernel: [11778139.476925] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE Kernel: # uname -a Linux oaedata1 4.4.0-47-generic #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 26 19:39:52 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1418339 Title: kernel set the wrong max_sectors_kb for 4K disks(sd.c) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1418339/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs