From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040914 Firefox/0.10.1 Description of problem: kernel-2.6.9-1.667 Problem seems to be in the /lib/modules/2.6.9-1.667/kernel/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym53c8xx.ko sym53c8xx module. This spills error messages like crazy in /var/log/messages : Nov 19 12:29:48 steffen last message repeated 30 times Nov 19 12:29:49 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@3fd33f84 resid=6. Nov 19 12:29:49 steffen last message repeated 2 times Nov 19 12:29:49 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a0784 resid=6. Nov 19 12:29:49 steffen last message repeated 2 times Nov 19 12:29:49 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a0384 resid=6. Nov 19 12:29:53 steffen last message repeated 17 times Nov 19 12:29:54 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@3c21cf84 resid=6. Nov 19 12:29:54 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@3c21cf84 resid=6. Nov 19 12:29:54 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@3e0fe784 resid=6. Nov 19 12:30:25 steffen last message repeated 20 times Nov 19 12:30:25 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@3e0fe784 resid=6. Nov 19 12:30:25 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@3c21cf84 resid=6. Nov 19 12:30:25 steffen last message repeated 7 times Nov 19 12:30:30 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a0384 resid=6. Nov 19 12:30:33 steffen last message repeated 8 times Nov 19 12:30:36 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a0784 resid=6. Nov 19 12:31:07 steffen last message repeated 17 times Nov 19 12:31:43 steffen last message repeated 16 times Nov 19 12:31:49 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a3f84 resid=6. Nov 19 12:31:49 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a3f84 resid=6. Nov 19 12:31:49 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a0784 resid=6. Nov 19 12:32:23 steffen last message repeated 22 times Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.9-1.667 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.less /var/log/messages 2. 3. Actual Results: Nov 19 12:29:48 steffen last message repeated 30 times Nov 19 12:29:49 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@3fd33f84 resid=6. Nov 19 12:29:49 steffen last message repeated 2 times Nov 19 12:29:49 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a0784 resid=6. Nov 19 12:29:49 steffen last message repeated 2 times Nov 19 12:29:49 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a0384 resid=6. Nov 19 12:29:53 steffen last message repeated 17 times Nov 19 12:29:54 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@3c21cf84 resid=6. Nov 19 12:29:54 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@3c21cf84 resid=6. Nov 19 12:29:54 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@3e0fe784 resid=6. Nov 19 12:30:25 steffen last message repeated 20 times Nov 19 12:30:25 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@3e0fe784 resid=6. Nov 19 12:30:25 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@3c21cf84 resid=6. Nov 19 12:30:25 steffen last message repeated 7 times Nov 19 12:30:30 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a0384 resid=6. Nov 19 12:30:33 steffen last message repeated 8 times Nov 19 12:30:36 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a0784 resid=6. Nov 19 12:31:07 steffen last message repeated 17 times Nov 19 12:31:43 steffen last message repeated 16 times Nov 19 12:31:49 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a3f84 resid=6. Nov 19 12:31:49 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a3f84 resid=6. Nov 19 12:31:49 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@393a0784 resid=6. Nov 19 12:32:23 steffen last message repeated 22 times Expected Results: No error messages fixed driver Additional info: Let me know if you need anything like a sysreport and so on. Data that seems to be related to this: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9905.0/1178.html http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2003-09/2323.html
I have got that too. Lot of phase change messages, ususally when system boots: kernel: sym0:0:0:phase change 6-7 11@2df6eb84 resid=6. System is very slow when this happens (root directory is on sym0:0:0). I've seen bus reset once: kernel: sym0:0:0:phase change 6-7 11@2f0a0784 resid=6. last message repeated 51 times kernel: sym0:0:0:phase change 6-7 11@2f0a0f84 resid=6. last message repeated 19 times kernel: sym0: SCSI parity error detected: SCR1=132 DBC=50000000 SBCL=0 kernel: sym0:0:0: ABORT operation started. kernel: sym0:0:0: ABORT operation timed-out. kernel: sym0:0:0: ABORT operation started. bpmok kernel: sym0:0:0: ABORT operation timed-out. kernel: sym0:0:0: DEVICE RESET operation started. kernel: sym0:0:0: DEVICE RESET operation timed-out. kernel: sym0:0:0: BUS RESET operation started. kernel: sym0: SCSI BUS reset detected. kernel: sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset. kernel: sym0:0:0: BUS RESET operation complete. kernel: sym0:0:0:phase change 6-7 11@2ebd4b84 resid=6. kernel: sym0:0:0:phase change 6-7 9@2ebd4b90 resid=6. kernel: sym0:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@2ebd4784 resid=6. kernel: sym0:1:0:phase change 6-7 9@2ebd4b90 resid=6. Sometimes it stops after boot ends, sometimes it happens all the time. Kernel: 2.6.9-1.678_FC3smp lspci -v -s 02:01.0 02:01.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c895 (rev 01) Subsystem: Tekram Technology Co.,Ltd. DC-390U2B SCSI adapter Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 209 I/O ports at b800 [size=256] Memory at feaffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Memory at feafe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at feae0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Updated the system as we had new kenels over the weekend, but still happens: 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 #1 Thu Nov 18 15:10:10 EST 2004 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
I had to remove the Sym 53c895, it hangs my server lately with journal error messages. I have Adaptec SCSI card now and no warnings or errors. I've installed 53c895 card in one of my test servers, so I can test it there.
[root@Steffen ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages Jan 14 13:52:56 steffen last message repeated 7 times Jan 14 13:52:56 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@37996f84 resid=6. Jan 14 13:53:30 steffen last message repeated 10 times Jan 14 13:53:30 steffen last message repeated 2 times Jan 14 13:53:30 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@37c4e784 resid=6. Jan 14 13:53:35 steffen last message repeated 7 times Jan 14 13:53:40 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@37a37784 resid=6. Jan 14 13:54:15 steffen last message repeated 7 times Jan 14 13:55:01 steffen last message repeated 5 times Jan 14 13:55:01 steffen kernel: sym1:1:0:phase change 6-7 11@36c2b384 resid=6. [root@Steffen ~]# uname -a Linux Steffen 2.6.10-1.737_FC3 #1 Mon Jan 10 13:50:10 EST 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux [root@Steffen ~]# Update to the latest Kernel still the same issue, logging fills the logs nicely and slows down the system. FC2 with Arjans 2.6 Kernel was way faster.
Looks like we have the same issue. I had filed my bug a day earlier with the same symptoms. I'll add my cc to this bug as well. For details, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=139949
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 139949 ***
I just loaded the 770 kernel and this is worse if anything. If this is resolved, it isn't clear what the resolution is.
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.