Getting "attempt to access beyond end of device" error on RHEL
Issue
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Messages similar to the following are seen in
/var/log/messages
:Aug 3 23:18:23 localhost kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Aug 3 23:18:23 localhost kernel: dm-56: rw=0, want=2288500976, limit=2281955328
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A kernel panic happened after observing these same errors:
Jun 5 01:31:51 localhost kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Jun 5 01:31:51 localhost kernel: WARNING: at fs/buffer.c:1214 __brelse+0x3a/0x40() (Tainted: G W --------------- ) Jun 5 01:31:51 localhost kernel: Hardware name: ProLiant BL460c Gen8
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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