Ext3 Filesystem goes into read only mode on account of Raid Device Failure reported by mptbase driver on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7

Issue

• Filesystem goes into read-only mode after Raid device Failure with below errors :

# cat /var/log/messages
Mar 13 13:11:31 localhost kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdh1      <-------
Mar 13 13:11:31 localhost kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Mar 13 13:11:31 localhost kernel: sdh1: rw=1, want=6442455440, limit=4294921842
Mar 13 13:11:31 localhost kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Mar 13 13:11:31 localhost kernel: sdh1: rw=1, want=6467723728, limit=4294921842
Mar 13 13:11:31 localhost kernel: mptbase: ioc0: LogInfo(0x31120403): Originator={PL}, Code={Abort}, SubCode(0x0403)
Mar 13 13:11:31 localhost kernel: Aborting journal on device sdh1.
Mar 13 13:11:31 localhost kernel: journal commit I/O error
Mar 13 13:11:31 localhost kernel: ext3_abort called.
Mar 13 13:11:31 localhost kernel: EXT3-fs error (device sdh1): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal
Mar 13 13:11:31 localhost kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only
Mar 13 13:13:49 localhost kernel: __journal_remove_journal_head: freeing b_committed_data
Mar 13 17:36:17 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 4  <---------
Mar 13 17:36:17 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 5
Mar 13 17:36:17 localhost kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 6

# dumpe2fs -h /dev/sdh1 | grep -i clean
Filesystem state:         clean              <-------

# cat /proc/mounts |grep sdh1
/dev/sdh1 /u05 ext3 ro,data=ordered 0 0      <-------

• The third party driver in use:

filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.18-274.el5/extra/mptscsih.ko
version:        4.00.38.02                  ^^^^^     <--------
license:        GPL
description:    Fusion MPT SCSI Host driver
author:         LSI Corporation
srcversion:     C5F0DC4BC685F11BB5AC8B5
depends:        scsi_mod,mptbase,mptbase
vermagic:       2.6.18-274.el5 SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1