Little partition problems...

nx5000 · 11-15-2005, 11:01 AM

Problem solved, was due to .config

Hello,

I am running into big problems with my disk.
Recently I discovered that the disk access on my HD are really really slow, but I had no time so did not care.

Now I see that it locks my xwindow : the mouse can't move for 2 or 3 seconds and I feel like I'm using windows 3.11...

I had a looked at top and when I transfer big file, it shows 10% in wa, also it stays at 80% in si (I guess the IDE interrupt) or 80% in hi...

Most scaring, everytime I fsck my / , like fsck -n /dev/hda3 it always find errors. So I reboot on an other distro and run fsck -f /dev/hda3 , and doh.. fs is clean.
Back on the debian, / is corrupted again!!

I have to admit I may have played a bit with my partitions

Something like creating a linux partition under XP (Very bad.. won't do it again)

Now it sees 11 extended partitions...

Do you think this could be the cause of my disk access slowness?

How can I put up back my partition table in a clean state (without loosing anything..)?

Any help or idea is welcome..

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda3       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda9       /home           ext3    user,exec
/dev/hda12      /var            ext3    auto
/dev/hda11       /usr/share/doc  ext3    auto,user
################
#    ntfs      #
################
/dev/hda1       /mnt/hda1       ntfs    auto,ro,user,gid=1006,umask=007

################
#    clef      #
################
/dev/sda1       /media/clef_usb vfat    noauto,rw,user

################
#     cdrom    #
################
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0

################
#  crypto loop #
################
#/dev/loop1      /mnt/loop1     ext2    rw

################
# KANOTIX      #
################
/dev/hda10        /mnt/hda10      ext2    noauto,check,rw,user


#Mandriva 
/dev/hda5        /mnt/hda5       ext3    auto,user

##########
#SWAP
########
/dev/hda6	swap		swap     defaults   0  0

#hibernation de kanotix
#/dev/hda6 none swap

###############
#Disque FAT Label:Exchange
###############
/dev/hda8        /mnt/hda8      vfat    auto,user,gid=1002,umask=007

/dev/hda14	/mnt/hda14	reiserfs    noatime,nodiratime,notail,noauto,user



Expert command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 5168 cylinders

Nr AF  Hd Sec  Cyl  Hd Sec  Cyl     Start      Size ID
 1 80   1   1    0 239  63 1023         63   20487537 07
 2 00   0   0    0   0   0    0          0          0 00
 3 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023   51831423    4399856 83
 4 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023   20487600   57652560 05
 5 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023         63   31343697 83
 6 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023         62    2927169 82
 7 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023          1    1955457 82
 8 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023          1    4882689 06
 9 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023          1    9765441 83
10 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023          1     195489 83
11 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023          1     391041 83
12 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023          1    1074465 83
13 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023          1     195489 83
14 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023          1     521074 83

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5168 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        1355    10243768+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda3            3429        3719     2199928   83  Linux
/dev/hda4            1356        5168    28826280    5  Extended
/dev/hda5            1356        3428    15671848+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6            3720        3913     1463584+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7            3913        4042      977728+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda8            4042        4365     2441344+   6  FAT16
/dev/hda9            4365        5011     4882720+  83  Linux
/dev/hda10           5011        5024       97744+  83  Linux
/dev/hda11           5024        5050      195520+  83  Linux
/dev/hda12           5050        5121      537232+  83  Linux
/dev/hda13           5121        5134       97744+  83  Linux
/dev/hda14           5134        5168      260537   83  Linux

Expert command (m for help): e

Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 5168 cylinders

Nr AF  Hd Sec  Cyl  Hd Sec  Cyl     Start      Size ID
 4 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023   20487600   57652560 05
 5 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023   35743680    2927231 05
 6 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023   38670973    1955458 05
 7 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023   40626493    4882690 05
 8 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023   45509245    9765442 05
 9 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023   55274749     195490 05
10 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023   55470301     391042 05
11 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023   55861405    1074466 05
12 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023   56935933     195490 05
13 00 239  63 1023 239  63 1023   57131485     521075 05
14 00   0   0    0   0   0    0          0          0 00

debian:~# gpart -vv /dev/hda

dev(/dev/hda) mss(512) chs(77520/16/63) #s(78140160) size(38154mb)
Primary partition(1)
   type: 007(0x07)(OS/2 HPFS, NTFS, QNX or Advanced UNIX) (BOOT)
   size: 10003mb #s(20487537) s(63-20487599)
   chs:  (0/1/1)-(1023/239/63)d (0/1/1)-(20324/15/63)r
   hex:  80 01 01 00 07 EF FF FF 3F 00 00 00 71 9D 38 01

Primary partition(2)
   type: 000(0x00)(unused)
   size: 0mb #s(0) s(0-0)
   chs:  (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)d (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)r
   hex:  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Primary partition(3)
   type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
   size: 2148mb #s(4399856) s(51831423-56231278)
   chs:  (1023/239/63)-(1023/239/63)d (51420/1/1)-(55784/15/62)r
   hex:  00 EF FF FF 83 EF FF FF 7F E2 16 03 F0 22 43 00

Primary partition(4)
   type: 005(0x05)(Extended DOS)
   size: 28150mb #s(57652560) s(20487600-78140159)
   chs:  (1023/239/63)-(1023/239/63)d (20325/0/1)-(77519/15/63)r
   hex:  00 EF FF FF 05 EF FF FF B0 9D 38 01 50 B5 6F 03

   Logical partition
      type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
      size: 15304mb #s(31343697) s(20487663-51831359)
      chs:  (1023/239/63)-(1023/239/63)d (20325/1/1)-(51419/15/63)r
      hex:  00 EF FF FF 83 EF FF FF 3F 00 00 00 51 44 DE 01

   Logical partition
      type: 130(0x82)(Linux swap or Solaris/x86)
      size: 1429mb #s(2927169) s(56231342-59158510)
      chs:  (1023/239/63)-(1023/239/63)d (55785/0/63)-(58688/15/62)r
      hex:  00 EF FF FF 82 EF FF FF 3E 00 00 00 41 AA 2C 00

   Logical partition
      type: 130(0x82)(Linux swap or Solaris/x86)
      size: 954mb #s(1955457) s(59158574-61114030)
      chs:  (1023/239/63)-(1023/239/63)d (58689/0/63)-(60628/15/62)r
      hex:  00 EF FF FF 82 EF FF FF 01 00 00 00 81 D6 1D 00

   Logical partition
      type: 006(0x06)(Primary 'big' DOS (> 32MB))
      size: 2384mb #s(4882689) s(61114094-65996782)
      chs:  (1023/239/63)-(1023/239/63)d (60629/0/63)-(65472/15/62)r
      hex:  00 EF FF FF 06 EF FF FF 01 00 00 00 01 81 4A 00

   Logical partition
      type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
      size: 4768mb #s(9765441) s(65996846-75762286)
      chs:  (1023/239/63)-(1023/239/63)d (65473/0/63)-(75160/15/62)r
      hex:  00 EF FF FF 83 EF FF FF 01 00 00 00 41 02 95 00

   Logical partition
      type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
      size: 95mb #s(195489) s(75762350-75957838)
      chs:  (1023/239/63)-(1023/239/63)d (75161/0/63)-(75354/15/62)r
      hex:  00 EF FF FF 83 EF FF FF 01 00 00 00 A1 FB 02 00

   Logical partition
      type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
      size: 190mb #s(391041) s(75957902-76348942)
      chs:  (1023/239/63)-(1023/239/63)d (75355/0/63)-(75742/15/62)r
      hex:  00 EF FF FF 83 EF FF FF 01 00 00 00 81 F7 05 00

   Logical partition
      type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
      size: 524mb #s(1074465) s(76349006-77423470)
      chs:  (1023/239/63)-(1023/239/63)d (75743/0/63)-(76808/15/62)r
      hex:  00 EF FF FF 83 EF FF FF 01 00 00 00 21 65 10 00

   Logical partition
      type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
      size: 95mb #s(195489) s(77423534-77619022)
      chs:  (1023/239/63)-(1023/239/63)d (76809/0/63)-(77002/15/62)r
      hex:  00 EF FF FF 83 EF FF FF 01 00 00 00 A1 FB 02 00

   Logical partition
      type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem)
      size: 254mb #s(521074) s(77619086-78140159)
      chs:  (1023/239/63)-(1023/239/63)d (77003/0/63)-(77519/15/63)r
      hex:  00 EF FF FF 83 EF FF FF 01 00 00 00 72 F3 07 00

ichrispa · 11-16-2005, 04:15 AM

I have to admit that your partition table looks a bit chaotic, but that should not be a reason for a mailfunction. Now, about the disk being slow. I don't think its disk related at all, I think there might be intense disk usage by the debian distro. Is the computer always slow? Or only when in debian? Check for netowork daemons runnning in the background (ps -A). Again, if there is extensive use of those partitions anf you fsck them, apart from running a high risk of damaging them, there would be multiple problems being indicated. Make sure the partitions are not mounted when cheking them.
What to do with these tables. I have heard that tere is partitioning software out there able of manipulating your partitions without damaging or changing their data - DrakX for example, used during the Mandriva installation (I used it in Mandrake 9.2).
I would suggest that you save all data you need, burn it or (if ntfs on hda1 actually is an extensive network), upload them onto the server. Then delete all partitions you don't need and recreate them. If you back up your entire home folder there should not even be any losses in settings. Its the cleanest possible way I know.

nx5000 · 11-17-2005, 04:40 AM

Thanks for helping.

What I did:

-> Rebooted on the mandriva, everything is fine, copying a file of 50Megs from /dev/hda3 to itself takes less than a second.

=> My disk seems fine, the partition is not the problem

-> Rebooted on debian, copying the same file takes more than 10seconds

with my fan going crazy... 80% in Software Interrupt.

=> Specific to my kernel or my kernel configuration or installed software..

-> ran init 1 , did the same test (on debian), same problem.

=> No network deamons, no apps anymore..
=> I see kjournald and pdflush going crazy in top

-> activated JBD_DEBUG in the kernel and put the logging level to 5

I get the log below, I have to analyse.. maybe I have to activate logging in the interrupt handler.

Any expert help would be highly apprciated.

tail /var/log/kernel.log while copying a 50Meg file from /dev/hda3 (/) on itself :

41 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: cd36eee8, tid:1751148
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 1 credits (total 4, free 1969)
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1373): journal_stop: transaction too old, requesting commit for handle c27612a4
41 (jbd/journal.c, 453): __log_start_commit: JBD: requesting commit 1751148/1751147
41 (jbd/journal.c, 205): kjournald: kjournald wakes
41 (jbd/journal.c, 159): kjournald: commit_sequence=1751147, commit_request=1751148
41 (jbd/journal.c, 162): kjournald: OK, requests differ
41 (jbd/commit.c, 202): journal_commit_transaction: superblock not updated
41 (jbd/commit.c, 212): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: starting commit of transaction 1751148
41 (jbd/commit.c, 282): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: commit phase 1
41 (jbd/commit.c, 296): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: commit phase 2
41 (jbd/commit.c, 359): journal_commit_transaction: submit 512 writes
41 (jbd/journal.c, 550): log_wait_commit: JBD: want 1751148, j_commit_sequence=1751bd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head d3a013f0, force_copy 0
41 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head d3a013f0, cancelling revoke
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head d3a013f0
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 11, free 1746)
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: cd36ee80, tid:1751197
41 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head ddfebe4c, force_copy 0
41 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head ddfebe4c, cancelling revoke
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head ddfebe4c
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 12, free 1746)
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: defc1320, tid:1751197
41 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head dea4bcac, force_copy 0
41 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head dea4bcac, cancelling revoke
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head dea4bcac
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 13, free 1746)
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: cd36eee8, tid:1751197
41 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head d3a013f0, force_copy 0
41 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head d3a013f0, cancelling revoke
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head d3a013f0
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 13, free 1746)
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: cd36eee8, tid:1751197
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 1 credits (total 4, free 1746)
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
41 (jbd/transaction.c, 1373): journal_stop: transaction too old, requesting commit for handle c27612a4
41 (jbd/journal.c, 453): __log_start_commit: JBD: requesting commit 1751197/1751196
41 (jbd/journal.c, 205): kjournald: kjournald wakes
41 (jbd/journal.c, 159): kjournald: commit_sequence=1751196, commit_request=1751197
41 (jbd/journal.c, 162): kjournald: OK, requests differ
41 (jbd/commit.c, 202): journal_commit_transaction: superblock not updated
41 (jbd/commit.c, 212): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: starting commit of transaction 1751197
41 (jbd/commit.c, 282): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: commit phase 1
42 (jbd/commit.c, 296): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: commit phase 2
42 (jbd/commit.c, 359): journal_commit_transaction: submit 512 writes
42 (jbd/journal.c, 550): log_wait_commit: JBD: want 1751197, j_commit_sequence=1751bd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head d3a013f0, force_copy 0
42 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head d3a013f0, cancelling revoke
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head d3a013f0
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 11, free 1519)
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: c0939ba8, tid:1751246
42 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head ddfebe4c, force_copy 0
42 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head ddfebe4c, cancelling revoke
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head ddfebe4c
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 12, free 1519)
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: df4039a0, tid:1751246
42 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head dea4bcac, force_copy 0
42 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head dea4bcac, cancelling revoke
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head dea4bcac
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 13, free 1519)
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: df4039d4, tid:1751246
42 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head d3a013f0, force_copy 0
42 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head d3a013f0, cancelling revoke
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head d3a013f0
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 13, free 1519)
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: df4039d4, tid:1751246
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 1 credits (total 4, free 1519)
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1373): journal_stop: transaction too old, requesting commit for handle c27612a4
42 (jbd/journal.c, 453): __log_start_commit: JBD: requesting commit 1751246/1751245
42 (jbd/journal.c, 205): kjournald: kjournald wakes
42 (jbd/journal.c, 159): kjournald: commit_sequence=1751245, commit_request=1751246
42 (jbd/journal.c, 162): kjournald: OK, requests differ
42 (jbd/commit.c, 202): journal_commit_transaction: superblock not updated
42 (jbd/commit.c, 212): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: starting commit of transaction 1751246
42 (jbd/commit.c, 282): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: commit phase 1
42 (jbd/commit.c, 296): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: commit phase 2
42 (jbd/commit.c, 359): journal_commit_transaction: submit 512 writes
42 (jbd/journal.c, 550): log_wait_commit: JBD: want 1751246, j_commit_sequence=1751bd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head d3a013f0, force_copy 0
42 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head d3a013f0, cancelling revoke
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head d3a013f0
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 11, free 1291)
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: dc4d3eb4, tid:1751295
42 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head ddfebe4c, force_copy 0
42 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head ddfebe4c, cancelling revoke
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head ddfebe4c
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
42 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 12, free 1291)
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: db81fee8, tid:1751295
43 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head dea4bcac, force_copy 0
43 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head dea4bcac, cancelling revoke
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head dea4bcac
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 13, free 1291)
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: df403a70, tid:1751295
43 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head d3a013f0, force_copy 0
43 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head d3a013f0, cancelling revoke
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head d3a013f0
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 13, free 1291)
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: df403a70, tid:1751295
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 1 credits (total 4, free 1291)
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1373): journal_stop: transaction too old, requesting commit for handle c27612a4
43 (jbd/journal.c, 453): __log_start_commit: JBD: requesting commit 1751295/1751294
43 (jbd/journal.c, 205): kjournald: kjournald wakes
43 (jbd/journal.c, 159): kjournald: commit_sequence=1751294, commit_request=1751295
43 (jbd/journal.c, 162): kjournald: OK, requests differ
43 (jbd/commit.c, 202): journal_commit_transaction: superblock not updated
43 (jbd/commit.c, 212): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: starting commit of transaction 1751295
43 (jbd/commit.c, 282): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: commit phase 1
43 (jbd/commit.c, 296): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: commit phase 2
43 (jbd/commit.c, 359): journal_commit_transaction: submit 512 writes
43 (jbd/journal.c, 550): log_wait_commit: JBD: want 1751295, j_commit_sequence=1751bd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head d3a013f0, force_copy 0
43 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head d3a013f0, cancelling revoke
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head d3a013f0
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 11, free 1068)
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: db81f62c, tid:1751344
43 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head ddfebe4c, force_copy 0
43 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head ddfebe4c, cancelling revoke
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head ddfebe4c
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 12, free 1068)
43 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: db81f458, tid:1751344
43 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head dea4bcac, force_copy 0
44 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head dea4bcac, cancelling revoke
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head dea4bcac
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 13, free 1068)
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: db81f424, tid:1751344
44 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head d3a013f0, force_copy 0
44 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head d3a013f0, cancelling revoke
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head d3a013f0
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 13, free 1068)
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: db81f424, tid:1751344
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 1 credits (total 4, free 1068)
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1373): journal_stop: transaction too old, requesting commit for handle c27612a4
44 (jbd/journal.c, 453): __log_start_commit: JBD: requesting commit 1751344/1751343
44 (jbd/journal.c, 205): kjournald: kjournald wakes
44 (jbd/journal.c, 159): kjournald: commit_sequence=1751343, commit_request=1751344
44 (jbd/journal.c, 162): kjournald: OK, requests differ
44 (jbd/commit.c, 202): journal_commit_transaction: superblock not updated
44 (jbd/commit.c, 212): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: starting commit of transaction 1751344
44 (jbd/commit.c, 282): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: commit phase 1
44 (jbd/commit.c, 296): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: commit phase 2
44 (jbd/commit.c, 359): journal_commit_transaction: submit 512 writes
44 (jbd/journal.c, 550): log_wait_commit: JBD: want 1751344, j_commit_sequence=1751s/jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head d3a013f0, force_copy 0
44 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head d3a013f0, cancelling revoke
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head d3a013f0
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 11, free 3240)
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: db81f388, tid:1751393
44 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head ddfebe4c, force_copy 0
44 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head ddfebe4c, cancelling revoke
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head ddfebe4c
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 12, free 3240)
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: db81f3bc, tid:1751393
44 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head dea4bcac, force_copy 0
44 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head dea4bcac, cancelling revoke
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head dea4bcac
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 13, free 3240)
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: db81f320, tid:1751393
44 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=c27612a4
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head d3a013f0, force_copy 0
44 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head d3a013f0, cancelling revoke
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head d3a013f0
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1322): journal_stop: h_ref 2 -> 1
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
44 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 10 credits (total 13, free 3240)
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 941): journal_dirty_data: jh: db81f320, tid:1751393
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612a4 going live.
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612a4 given 1 credits (total 4, free 3240)
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612a4 going down
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 1373): journal_stop: transaction too old, requesting commit for handle c27612a4
45 (jbd/journal.c, 453): __log_start_commit: JBD: requesting commit 1751393/1751392
45 (jbd/journal.c, 205): kjournald: kjournald wakes
45 (jbd/journal.c, 159): kjournald: commit_sequence=1751392, commit_request=1751393
45 (jbd/journal.c, 162): kjournald: OK, requests differ
45 (jbd/commit.c, 202): journal_commit_transaction: superblock not updated
45 (jbd/commit.c, 212): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: starting commit of transaction 1751393
45 (jbd/commit.c, 282): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: commit phase 1
45 (jbd/commit.c, 296): journal_commit_transaction: JBD: commit phase 2
45 (jbd/commit.c, 359): journal_commit_transaction: submit 512 writes
45 (jbd/journal.c, 550): log_wait_commit: JBD: want 1751393, j_commit_sequence=1ng revoke
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head d5f7248c
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612b8 going down
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612b8 going live.
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612b8 given 2 credits (total 18, free 5005)
45 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=00000000
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head de76d730, force_copy 0
45 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head de76d730, cancelling revoke
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head de76d730
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612b8 going down
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 107): start_this_handle: New handle c27612b8 going live.
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 226): start_this_handle: Handle c27612b8 given 2 credits (total 18, free 5005)
45 (ext3/inode.c, 2975): ext3_dirty_inode: marking dirty.outer handle=00000000
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 540): do_get_write_access: buffer_head ddfeba70, force_copy 0
45 (jbd/revoke.c, 428): journal_cancel_revoke: journal_head ddfeba70, cancelling revoke
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 1100): journal_dirty_metadata: journal_head ddfeba70
45 (jbd/transaction.c, 1326): journal_stop: Handle c27612b8 going down

ichrispa · 11-22-2005, 05:19 AM

1) Have you ran an 'fsck -t ext3' on your partitions? Since dirty inodes are found in crossreference to the journal there are obviously flaws on the partition. Best use knoppix for this, don't mount any partition at all (or, if you use an initrd, call an emergency boot session in the boot loader) when doing the check.

2) If you have 80% software interrupts, there must be software issueing those interrupts! Calling init 1 does under no circumstances mean that there are no more programs running in the background, it only takes the system to offnet single user mode (my fedora weirdly enough starts an entire array of programs that I haven't bothered removing from rc1.d). Go down to rc1 and do a 'ps -Ax', then start the massacre. Kill everything that doesn't directly relate to your terminal (crond, atd, readahead, etc.). Send them a SIGTERM (kill -s SIGTERM <pid>) first though, some of them might be tangled up with kernel modules.

3) Are you using swap? Is it possible that something in your Debian allocates sufficient memory to cause swap usage? If you kill the process using that memory it should be made available again and the disk should no longer be stressed. That would justify the disk usage and solve the problem...