Re: [smartmontools-support] selftest causing host resets

[David G. <da...@dg...>]

Scott Beardsley wrote:
> I am running into a problem with short or long selftests causing a disk 
> reset. I'm using kernel.org v2.6.27 and smartmontools v5.38. When I 
> initiate a short selftest it'll run fine for a few seconds then the 
> iowait jumps up while the disk resets. I don't think this is a disk 
> issue since I have 36 identical machines (and they all have this same 
> behavior). I also don't think it is a power problem because the disks 
> have seated correctly and the machine stays online when the cpus are at 
> 100%. The disks seem to be functioning normally because I can read and 
> write the whole disk. I think this might be a smartmontools problem (or 
> the disk's implementation of SMART). I get this in dmesg:

There was a very similar issue reported on the linux-raid list by Danilo Godec
on 1st Oct subject "Sata Errors".

Maybe you need to report this to linux-ide or lkml?

David
PS I've seen smart commands cause resets in the past but not anymore.


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