[OpenAFS] OpenAFS 1.8.4 Linux kernel BUG

Chris Cooke cc@inf.ed.ac.uk
Fri, 3 Apr 2020 12:44:50 +0100


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Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] OpenAFS 1.8.4 Linux kernel BUG
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 12:44:50 +0100
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Hi Ben,

That's a nice idea; thanks a lot. But it seems that the disks are OK?
I've just queried the RAID controller and it seems that neither of this mac=
hine's disks has flagged a SMART error. The controller does a "patrol read"=
 test of both disks once a week, on top of their normal use.

Chris Cooke

School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.


> On 3 Apr 2020, at 03:50, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> wrote:
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> The "disk cache read error" makes me wonder how the hardware is doing; are
> you in a position to run (e.g.) SMART tests?


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