Re: Filesystem errors on armv7 -current

> On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 06:43:59PM -0700, bob prohaska wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 11:47:56AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote:
> > > 
> > > What about any newer security Email reports? Are they still showing find
> > > reporting the various "Input/output error" messages? In the published
> > > file they repeated for 2 distinct find commands.
> 
> The security email this morning (10/21/26) contained in part:
> 
> 
> Checking setuid files and devices:
> find: /usr/ports/accessibility/py-atspi: Input/output error
> find: /usr/ports/biology/smithwaterman: Input/output error
> find: /usr/ports/devel/dwz/files: Input/output error
> find: /usr/ports/devel/p5-Config-Parser: Input/output error
> find: /usr/src/lib/libc/resolv: Input/output error
> find: /usr/src/lib/libpmc/pmu-events/arch/arm64/ampere: Input/output error
> find: /usr/src/sys/contrib/device-tree/Bindings/powerpc/nintendo: Input/output
> +error
> find: /usr/src/sys/contrib/device-tree/Bindings/reset: Input/output error
> find:
> +/usr/src/sys/contrib/libsodium/src/libsodium/crypto_stream/salsa20/xmm6int:
> +Input/output error
> 
> 
> Checking negative group permissions:
> find: /usr/ports/accessibility/py-atspi: Input/output error
> find: /usr/ports/biology/smithwaterman: Input/output error
> find: /usr/ports/devel/dwz/files: Input/output error
> find: /usr/ports/devel/p5-Config-Parser: Input/output error
> find: /usr/src/lib/libc/resolv: Input/output error
> find: /usr/src/lib/libpmc/pmu-events/arch/arm64/ampere: Input/output error
> find: /usr/src/sys/contrib/device-tree/Bindings/powerpc/nintendo: Input/output
> +error
> find: /usr/src/sys/contrib/device-tree/Bindings/reset: Input/output error
> find:
> +/usr/src/sys/contrib/libsodium/src/libsodium/crypto_stream/salsa20/xmm6int:
> +Input/output error

There should be some clues in /var/log/messages about what these I/O errors are.

> 
> However, buildworld/buildkernel and installation of both succeeded last
> night, followed by a successful hands-off reboot. A re-run of buildworld
> on the previously-built sources is underway now to get /usr/obj up to date.
> 
> Running
> # ls -l /usr/ports/accessibility/py-atspi
> ls: /usr/ports/accessibility/py-atspi: Input/output error
> # 
> but
> # ls -ld /usr/ports/accessibility/py*
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root wheel 512 Dec  9  2025 /usr/ports/accessibility/py-atspi
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root wheel 512 Dec  9  2025 /usr/ports/accessibility/py-speech-dispatcher
> # 
> does not
> 
> Prior to the last OS build/install cycle /usr/src was renamed /usr/src.old
> and replaced by a fresh clone.
> 
> /usr/ports has been kept in its pre-existing form apart from git pulls
> 
> Does this maybe suggest a problem with find?
> 
> Thanks for reading!
> 
> bob prohaska
> 
> 
> 
> 

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