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
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
