Re: 2.6.30-rc: reiserfs_delete_xattrs log spam (bug 13122)

From: Al Viro
Date: Sat May 09 2009 - 09:02:11 EST


On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 02:44:25PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> On 9 May, Stefan Richter wrote:
> > I just switched from 2.6.29.1 to 2.6.30-rc5, and I'm getting the same as
> > the reporter of http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13122 alias
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123990989515105, i.e. repetitions of
> > >>>
> > May 9 14:27:22 stein REISERFS warning (device sda1): jdm-20004
> > reiserfs_delete_xattrs: Couldn't delete all xattrs (-13)
> > May 9 14:27:22 stein
> > <<<
> >
> > This happens in irregular intervals, but a lot of times --- presumably
> > when certain files are accessed. I'm on a recently set-up Gentoo
> > machine. I created its root filesystem using the Gentoo x86-64 minimal
> > boot CD; my guess is that the kernel of the boot CD had
> > CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR enabled. All kernels which I used since then
> > have it disabled: 2.6.27-gentoo-r8, 2.6.29.1, now 2.6.30-rc5.
>
> PS: Also, the following came up at this (= first) boot of 2.6.30-rc, as
> a warm reboot from 2.6.29.1. I have no idea whether it's connected to
> the issue.

That WARN_ON() is fixed in the patches in VFS queue; should be gone in
-next and I'm going to push a bunch of fixes to Linus today, this one
among them.

The first one you've reported is a different story. Could you try to
bisect it?
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