What does "CHECK CONDITION sense key = 0x4" mean in /var/log/messages?

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Issue

  • The file /var/log/messages shows the following error message:
kernel: cciss 0000:0d:00.0: cciss: c ffff810037c00000 has CHECK CONDITION sense key = 0x4
  • Filesystem was remounted read-only after these messages were logged:
kernel: cciss 0000:0d:00.0: cciss: c ffff810037c00000 has CHECK CONDITION sense key = 0x4
kernel: Aborting journal on device cciss/c1d1p2.
kernel: cciss 0000:0d:00.0: cciss: c ffff810037c00000 has CHECK CONDITION sense key = 0x4
kernel: Buffer I/O error on device cciss/c1d1p2, logical block 1545
kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on cciss/c1d1p2
kernel: ext3_abort called.
kernel: EXT3-fs error (device cciss/c1d1p2): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal
kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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