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