[DRBD-user] BAD! .... messages

Roland Kammerer roland.kammerer at linbit.com
Mon Nov 21 09:31:54 CET 2016

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 04:52:14PM +1300, Jan Bakuwel wrote:
> Hi Lars,
> 
> On 19/11/16 03:05, Lars Ellenberg wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:53:43PM +1300, Jan Bakuwel wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I found the following in the archives
> >> (http://lists.linbit.com/pipermail/drbd-user/2012-July/018751.html):
> >>
> >> QUOTE
> >>
> >>> /Now I wonder: What does drbd0 want to tell me with those "BAD! ..."
> >> messages? /
> >> It's just some reference counter that should not have gone negative,
> >> but did, because we forgot to update/reinitialize it at some stage.
> >>
> >> Depending on your exact DRBD version, I could tell you various things
> >> about this.  But if you run 8.3 git it is supposed to be fixed, finally...
> >>
> >>> /It seems to have completed the synchronization successfully. Also, no
> >> "read errors" where />/reported in on either host. />//>/Should I be concerned about the data integrity, now? /
> >> Nope. All good.
> >>
> >> UNQUOTE
> >>
> >> root at ns8p2:~# dpkg --list | grep drbd
> >>
> >> ii  drbd-utils                     8.9.2~rc1-2+deb8u1           amd64        RAID 1 over TCP/IP for Linux (user utilities)
> >>
> >> root at ns8p2:~# 
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm running 8.9 ... is this still something I can safely ignore (and not fixed)?
> > No, you are NOT running drbd 8.9.  That's the version of the userland tools.
> >
> > You want to check (and upgrade) your kernel module.
> > Check: modinfo drbd; head /proc/drbd
> 
> Ok. I'm running kernel module 8.4.3 with 8.9 userland tools:
> 
> root at ns8p2:~# modinfo drbd
> filename:      
> /lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/block/drbd/drbd.ko
> alias:          block-major-147-*
> license:        GPL
> version:        8.4.3
> 
> ... is this still something I can safely ignore (and not fixed)?

We are back at what Lars said: "You want to check (and upgrade) your
kernel module.". Don't miss the upgrade part just because it is in
parentheses. Out-of-tree 8.4.3 was February *2013*.

Regards, rck



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