From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phillip Susi Subject: XFS dirty after sync/reboot? Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:32:55 -0500 Message-ID: <5102CFD7.20400@ubuntu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-fsdevel To: xfs@oss.sgi.com Return-path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120]:51730 "EHLO cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752806Ab3AYSc5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:32:57 -0500 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 While triaging a bug filed in Ubuntu involving odd reboot failures, it appears that XFS leaves the filesystem in a corrupt state that requires journal playback to fix after a sync or reboot. Grub2 doesn't seem to understand the journal, leading to all kinds of confusion after the reboot. Shouldn't a full sync or remount to r/o flush the journal transactions and leave the fs fully clean? Original bug report: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1103187 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRAs/XAAoJEJrBOlT6nu75gogH/1Q+ej+QBqmzQpPLB9jFbiFs EqDLyV0tJg0R5zF3PRVFC7Qh3IWqDkt0H2aXWnhPVItDjIRIicV51vgtCpxkgxHC HCwheiGwVwXj0GK/Z5OfCyxEupZI9ThLu5rc9hRypMzFMKULW5WRazo5oXZpvZ3E XvNxG3Ey0QbiFjzaClbpWTiTV+kjoeHCnkNQ/cYMLqdKXgkMWuDgCj1q8NkT6AZL z9cJgssxYRdrzAQgjZ9YxUxVpuAIuQQUJxpXZFT7bd7jpsJ109q3i7BQ+j8aZxHW 8Xy2zTWGMZsfxLUHIUvwOXORYz/GXfVkjHOJC6SnqUErInOvMIDPsutIgyFw/LM= =i0Bt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----