Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 88695
Kernel 2.4.20-9 still shows illegal data in /proc/partitions
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:52:59 EDT
Description of problem: Kernel 2.4.20-9 shows illegal data in /proc/partitions: root@igor.uu.org:~ # cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name rio rmerge rsect ruse wio wmerge wsect wuse running use aveq 57 0 29316672 hdk 141 755 1792 440 0 0 0 0 -9 6771340 25018435 57 1 1542208 hdk1 15 69 168 80 0 0 0 0 0 80 80 57 2 5630782 hdk2 15 69 168 50 0 0 0 0 0 50 50 57 3 1 hdk3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 4 530113 hdk4 26 138 328 80 0 0 0 0 0 80 80 57 5 530113 hdk5 25 139 328 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 6 11365956 hdk6 15 69 168 70 0 0 0 0 0 70 70 57 7 10241406 hdk7 25 139 328 110 0 0 0 0 0 110 110 57 64 39082680 hdl 11835 130 94874 65810 1787 4009 46464 27470 -7 6771370 38642325 57 65 39082648 hdl1 11828 73 94746 65790 1787 4009 46464 27470 0 65390 93260 56 0 80043264 hdi 2301 4399 51200 13120 1977 2488 35726 4070 -8 6771060 31796225 56 1 102280 hdi1 23 71 188 130 8 3 22 20 0 140 150 56 2 524160 hdi2 13 41 168 60 0 0 0 0 0 60 60 56 3 3071880 hdi3 2224 4056 50210 12520 1961 2481 35632 4050 0 11540 16580 56 4 1 hdi4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 5 76344880 hdi5 29 147 442 310 8 4 72 0 0 310 310 This renders other tools, e. g. iostat, orca, totally useless. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Kernel 2.4.20-9 How reproducible: Boot, do some I/O, check /proc/partitions. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot 2. Do some disk I/O 3. see the mess in /proc/partitions Actual results: Negative values for "running", maybe others are wrong as well. Expected results: Correct results. Additional info: Long standing bug, exists since 6 month and Red Hat Linux 7.2 at least.
See Comment #8 in Bug #63977
I have no more negative values in /proc/partitions after upgrading to 2.4.20-18.7. See Comment #9 in Bug #63977.
Created attachment 93920 [details] Standard patch to make PD drive and USB cardreader work. This is my standard patch to be applied against a vanilla RedHat Kernel Source to gain access to both my PD drive (PD is like a "CD-RAM", available quite some time before CD-RW; the patch simply enables >1 LUN for the TEAC PD-1 PD-518E) and the USB 6-in-1-cardreader. I won't mind incorporation into the standard RedHat Kernel ;)
Situation still unchanged for me: wusel@death.uu.org:/work/home/wusel $ cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name rio rmerge rsect ruse wio wmerge wsect wuse running use aveq 8 0 1048575 sda 9 27 72 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 8 16 1048575 sdb 9 27 72 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 8 32 1048575 sdc 9 27 72 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 8 48 1048575 sdd 9 27 72 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 8 64 649248 sde 3 21 48 5480 0 0 0 0 0 5480 5480 8 65 839922362 sde1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 66 269488144 sde2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 67 699181456 sde3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 68 10668 sde4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 97685784 hda 111478 4269725 4927932 645280 35059 2223500 2696656 29098470 -34 14933976 14130605 3 1 136521 hda1 97 597 1388 400 34 25 118 260 0 620 660 3 2 20482875 hda2 6908 177 56026 27340 1445 1967 27360 215470 0 30140 242810 3 3 9221310 hda3 62138 238 498354 332330 8133 25385 272512 5517530 0 352130 5977150 3 4 1 hda4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 506016 hda5 8589 103 69272 28490 6707 18297 200056 2686740 0 2518380 2715230 3 6 67336416 hda6 33719 4268409 4302436 256500 18740 2177826 2196610 20678470 0 153500 20936240 3 64 80043264 hdb 475977 3268125 29956578 19767570 661773 4542087 41638064 41081410 -23 14919996 23674366 3 65 80035798 hdb1 475972 3268086 29956490 19767530 661773 4542087 41638064 41081410 0 9496280 17951577 wusel@death.uu.org:/work/home/wusel $ uname -a Linux death 2.4.20-20.9 #4 Thu Aug 21 23:46:25 CEST 2003 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux (Just for the records: sda to sdd this time are (currently empty) slots on an USB cardreader; sde is an old-fashioned PD drive: 650 MB "generation -1 DVD-RAM", attached via ide-scsi. Kernel is standard RH kernel with PD- and USB-Cardreader patches applied, patch is attached to this bug.)
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