I'm adding the actual errors I saw, just for the record. What happens is that the root file system becomes read-only due to errors on the drive. My root file system is a logical volume on an encrypted partition (LVM with LUKS encryption), mounted and encrypted with the following options:
$ mount | grep ubuntu /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) $ sudo cryptsetup status nvme0n1p3_crypt /dev/mapper/nvme0n1p3_crypt is active and is in use. type: LUKS1 cipher: aes-xts-plain64 keysize: 512 bits device: /dev/nvme0n1p3 offset: 4096 sectors size: 498063360 sectors mode: read/write flags: discards When the file system was re-mounted read-only due to errors, I booted Ubuntu 16.04.2 from a USB flash drive and ran "e2fsck" to repair the file system: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo e2fsck -pfv /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: recovering journal /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: Inodes that were part of a corrupted orphan linked list found. /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e., without -a or -p options) So then I ran the command again without the "-p" option, but with the "-y" option to answer "yes" to all questions, and the command fixed 329 errors: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo e2fsck -fvy /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root e2fsck 1.42.13 (17-May-2015) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Inodes that were part of a corrupted orphan linked list found. Fix? yes [ ... 327 errors not shown ...] Free inodes count wrong (13486735, counted=13478898). Fix? yes /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** 1045518 inodes used (7.20%, out of 14524416) 2413 non-contiguous files (0.2%) 851 non-contiguous directories (0.1%) # of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 27/27/27 Extent depth histogram: 975523/235 30224290 blocks used (52.03%, out of 58093568) 0 bad blocks 6 large files 838712 regular files 113346 directories 67 character device files 29 block device files 3 fifos 28 links 93308 symbolic links (69609 fast symbolic links) 44 sockets ------------ 1045537 files This is the second day I'm running with the Ubuntu 16.04 GA Linux kernel version 4.4.0-78 (instead of the HWE Linux kernel), and it still seems to be okay, but the problem can take a few days to appear. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1694596 Title: LiteOn NVMe issue Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Originally reported at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1678184/comments/79 The user uses "nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=6000" but the issue still happens. $ sudo nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme0 NVME Identify Controller: vid : 0x14a4 ssvid : 0x1b4b sn : TW0XVRV7LOH006AJ09F1 mn : CX2-8B256-Q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB fr : 48811QD rab : 0 ieee : 002303 cmic : 0 mdts : 5 cntlid : 1 ver : 10200 rtd3r : f4240 rtd3e : f4240 oaes : 0 oacs : 0x1f acl : 3 aerl : 3 frmw : 0x14 lpa : 0x2 elpe : 63 npss : 4 avscc : 0x1 apsta : 0x1 wctemp : 358 cctemp : 368 mtfa : 50 hmpre : 0 hmmin : 0 tnvmcap : 256060514304 unvmcap : 0 rpmbs : 0 sqes : 0x66 cqes : 0x44 nn : 1 oncs : 0x1f fuses : 0 fna : 0 vwc : 0x1 awun : 255 awupf : 7 nvscc : 1 acwu : 0 sgls : 0 ps 0 : mp:8.00W operational enlat:0 exlat:0 rrt:0 rrl:0 rwt:0 rwl:0 idle_power:- active_power:- ps 1 : mp:4.00W operational enlat:5 exlat:5 rrt:1 rrl:1 rwt:1 rwl:1 idle_power:- active_power:- ps 2 : mp:2.10W operational enlat:5 exlat:5 rrt:2 rrl:2 rwt:2 rwl:2 idle_power:- active_power:- ps 3 : mp:0.1000W non-operational enlat:5000 exlat:5000 rrt:3 rrl:3 rwt:3 rwl:3 idle_power:- active_power:- ps 4 : mp:0.0100W non-operational enlat:50000 exlat:100000 rrt:4 rrl:4 rwt:4 rwl:4 idle_power:- active_power:- To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1694596/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp