Why do I see "kernel: JBD: barrier-based sync failed on dm-0 - disabling barriers" messages on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Issue

  • I get "kernel: JBD: barrier-based sync failed on dm-0 - disabling barriers" messages when I use "barrier=1" option on a file system in a logical volume, why?
  • We've been seeing some barrier-based sync failed on one of our servers after recent kernel upgrade (to 2.6.18-238.12.1.el5): 
    kernel: JBD: barrier-based sync failed on dm-1-8 - disabling barriers
    kernel: JBD: barrier-based sync failed on dm-0-8 - disabling barriers
    kernel: JBD: barrier-based sync failed on dm-2-8 - disabling barriers
    kernel: JBD: barrier-based sync failed on dm-5-8 - disabling barriers
    kernel: JBD: barrier-based sync failed on dm-6-8 - disabling barriers
    kernel: JBD: barrier-based sync failed on dm-4-8 - disabling barriers
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • ext3 filesystems mounted with "barrier=1" option
  • ext4 filesystems mounted with "barrier=1" or "default" mount options.
    • barrier=1 is a default mount option for ext4

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