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<device>: rw=<0|1>, want=<want>, ...


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Message

device: rw=0|1, want=want, limit=limit

Arguments

device
Name of the device on which an erroneous I/O was detected
rw
Type of the I/O. 0=Read/1=Write
want
Size of the requested I/O(in sectors)
limit
Size of the target file(in sectors)

Description

An unreasonable I/O was detected, which attempted to access beyond the end of the target block type device(e.g. hard disk, floppy disk, CD-ROM). The name of the device is displayed with the related information as described in the Arguments section.

In this case, the I/O should be terminated in error. It's possible that the file area information recognized by the file system clashed with the information delivered by the associated device driver.

Category

通知(Informational)

Action

Since something may be wrong with the file system for the device shown in the message, it's recommended to use fsck to check and repair the file system.

Misc

The following message is also displayed before this message:


attempt to access beyond end of device


Refer drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c #2552for the detail.

Example

md3: rw=0, want=4913837584, limit=1465175040
License: GFDL

Message Data

Code:

Original Message

%s: rw=%ld, want=%Lu, limit=%Lu

Environment:

  • Distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4
  • Config all

Contents:

  • Author: ual-tu
  • Update on: 2007-06-01 16:55:28