On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 12:48 -0400, Steve Blackwell wrote: > On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:05:44 -0400 > Steve Blackwell <zephod@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:07:18 +0300 > > Gilboa Davara <gilboad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 09:44 -0400, Steve Blackwell wrote: > > > > I leave my computer on 24/7 so that my backups can run at night. > > > > Lately, it has been crashing during the night usually leaving no > > > > trace of what happened. Last night it crashed but left this > > > > in /var/log/messages: > > > > > > > > Aug 17 01:04:56 steve kernel: INFO: task kjournald:1960 blocked > > > > for more than 120 seconds. Aug 17 01:04:56 steve kernel: "echo 0 > > > > > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. > > > > > Could a hard drive get shut down because it was getting too hot? > > > > > What would be a normal temp for a hard drive that has just > > > > > completed a backup? 124C seems really hot. The HD cooling fan > > > > > had been broken so I replaced it this past weekend but it > > > > > doesn't seem to have helped. Too late? Permanent HD damage > > > > > already done? > > > > Any other comments or suggestions? > > > > > > Hello Steve, > > > > > > This is not a crash. > > > The kjournald kernel process (which handles various file-system > > > task). You assumption that the HD went into some type of > > > sleep/suspend mode during write sounds reasonable to me. > > > > > > 124C seems -very- hot. Even during heavy I/O. > > > Two things spring into mind: > > > A. Is it a normal desktop SATA drive or high-speed SCSI/SAS drive? > > > B. Please post the SMART log of the drive. (smartctl -a /dev/sdX). > > > > > > - Gilboa > > > > > > > Hello Gilboa, > > > > Yes I realize that it was not a crash. When I first saw the kernel > > messages I thought it was and started writing the e-mail. I neglected > > to correct the subject line after I actually read the messages. Sorry > > about that. > > > > I had already run the command: > > smartctl -t long /dev/sdb > > before I got your reply. The results should be ready soon. > > > > I've been looking at my logs some more. I don't understand these > > messages: > > > > Aug 17 10:30:50 steve kernel: CPU0: Temperature above threshold, cpu > > clock throttled (total events = 455) > > Aug 17 10:30:50 steve kernel: CPU1: Temperature above threshold, cpu > > clock throttled (total events = 455) > > Aug 17 10:30:50 steve kernel: CPU1: Temperature/speed normal > > Aug 17 10:30:50 steve kernel: CPU0: Temperature/speed normal > > > > These messages are repeated every hour or so. It seems unlikely that > > every time the threshold is exceeded, it immediately (within one > > second) drops back again. What is going on here? > > > > The drive is an old IDE drive: WDC WD1600JB-00F > > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > Well, the long self test passed. > Here is the result of > # smartctl -a /dev/sdb > smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [i386-redhat-linux-gnu] (local build) > Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net > > === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === > Model Family: Western Digital Caviar SE family > Device Model: WDC WD1600JB-00FUA0 > Serial Number: WD-WCAES1024695 > Firmware Version: 15.05R15 > User Capacity: 160,041,885,696 bytes > Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] > ATA Version is: 6 > ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated > Local Time is: Tue Aug 17 12:36:35 2010 EDT > SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. > SMART support is: Enabled > > === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === > SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED > > General SMART Values: > Offline data collection status: (0x85) Offline data collection activity > was aborted by an interrupting command from host. > Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. > Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed > without error or no self-test has ever > been run. > Total time to complete Offline > data collection: (5073) seconds. > Offline data collection > capabilities: (0x79) SMART execute Offline immediate. > No Auto Offline data collection support. > Suspend Offline collection upon new > command. > Offline surface scan supported. > Self-test supported. > Conveyance Self-test supported. > Selective Self-test supported. > SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering > power-saving mode. > Supports SMART auto save timer. > Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. > No General Purpose Logging support. > Short self-test routine > recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. > Extended self-test routine > recommended polling time: ( 67) minutes. > Conveyance self-test routine > recommended polling time: ( 5) minutes. > > SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 > Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: > ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE > 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0 > 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 146 142 021 Pre-fail Always - 3233 > 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 040 Old_age Always - 1681 > 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0 > 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0 > 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 070 070 000 Old_age Always - 22478 > 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 051 Pre-fail Always - 0 > 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 051 Pre-fail Always - 0 > 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1654 > 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 116 253 000 Old_age Always - 34 > 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 > 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 > 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0012 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 > 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 253 000 Old_age Always - 1 > 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0009 200 155 051 Pre-fail Offline - 0 > > SMART Error Log Version: 1 > No Errors Logged > > SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 > Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error > # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 632 - > # 2 Short offline Completed without error 00% 696 - > > SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 > SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS > 1 0 0 Not_testing > 2 0 0 Not_testing > 3 0 0 Not_testing > 4 0 0 Not_testing > 5 0 0 Not_testing > Selective self-test flags (0x0): > After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. > If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute > delay. > > This doesn't make much sense to me. If the overall health status id PASSED then why are all the vendor specific threshold values exceeded? Am I reading that wrong? > > Thanks, > Steve The drive seems OK. I'd look at the machine's cooling (see my suggest concerning lm_sensros). (Even the UDMA CRC Error might be attributed to high temperature) - Gilboa -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines