Hi, I found this related information at Red Hat EL 4.8's RHSA-2009:0331-14.
The problem caused by race conditions, It is not hardware trouble.
I could not reproduce yet, but source code said "problem stills in
Jaunty"(maybe).
Jaunty's linux/fs/buffer.c::void unlock_buffer is :
{
clear_bit_unlock(BH_Lock, &bh->b_state);
smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
wake_up_bit(&bh->b_state, BH_Lock);
Information from Red Hat:
* http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html
* => https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476533 (published info, link
from RHSA-2009:0331-14)
* => https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460179 (this is Red Hat's
private)
* Red Hat's
patchname:linux-2.6.9-fs-fix-it-already-cleared-for-block-errors.patch
linux/fs/buffer.c::void unlock_buffer is :
{
+ smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
clear_bit_unlock(BH_Lock, &bh->b_state);
smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
wake_up_bit(&bh->b_state, BH_Lock);
They said,
> a misplaced memory barrier at unlock_buffer() could lead to a concurrent
> h_refcounter update which produced a reference counter leak and, later, a
> double free in ext3_xattr_release_block(). Consequent to the double free,
> ext3 reported an error
>
> ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block [block number]
>
> and mounted itself as read-only. With this update, the memory barrier is
> now placed before the buffer head lock bit, forcing the write order and
> preventing the double free. (BZ#476533)
// I cant understand that why Red Hat does not distribute this info....
Related info are:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=497562
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Won't Fix => New
** Also affects: linux-2.6 (Debian) via
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=497562
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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disk corruption ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 232785
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209346
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