Hi, On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 02:43:04AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > I've seen this occasionally on various kernel versions in Debian and > also on SLE. > > Last time I looked at one of these cases, the log messages weren't > complete gibberish, but only every second character was present. In > this case the pattern of dropped characters is less regular. Matching > up syslog and dmesg (with . for dropped characters): > > ...........9..]..X..-.. ..m..2.. ...n...n...n...j...n.. > [237050.789205] EXT3-fs (dm-12): using internal journal > > .....5...9...6...X...f...d...2...m...t...f...s...e...i...o...r...d... ...e > [237050.790426] EXT3-fs (dm-12): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode > > [237459.9.3863] E.T.-.s.(.m.1.). .s.n. .n.e.n.l.j.r.a.. > [237459.953863] EXT3-fs (dm-12): using internal journal > > ......9...6...]...........................t................... > [237459.946661] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > > ......................r...............................n................ > [237459.965601] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 311354 > > ................e......p......e...........i...u...f...n... ...d....1... > [237459.966597] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 311342 > > ...7.......6... ...3...p..._...a...:...l...n...n...e...c...i...e...1... > [237459.966614] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 311340 > > [...4...9...2....x....r...._....n....d....i.....r....e.....i.....3..... > [237459.966621] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 311338 > > ..3.....9.....]....._.....n.....n.....e.....g.....f.....e.....d........ > [237459.967046] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 311298 > > .....5.....0.....X..... .....2.....o..... .....s.....t.. > [237459.967056] EXT3-fs (dm-12): 5 orphan inodes deleted > > .....5.....6.....X..... .....2.....c..... .....e.. > [237459.967662] EXT3-fs (dm-12): recovery complete > > [237712..6..3.]..j..r..l..s...t.......o...t...t...a.....e....s > [237712.565835] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > > ........5....5..E..3..s..d..1..:..o..t.. ..l..y..e..w..h..r..r.. ..t..m..e > [237712.596995] EXT3-fs (dm-12): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
is this still something which people do observe or should we close this bug? Regards, Salvatore
