From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:05:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.168.29]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m6725cIB014573 for ; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 19:05:38 -0700 Received: from ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 791F32BF661 for ; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 19:06:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net [203.16.214.146]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id 3TD2qvSXwizt8vSB for ; Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:06:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:04:56 +1000 From: Dave Chinner Subject: Re: XFS Recovery Message-ID: <20080707020456.GJ29319@disturbed> References: <48715CEF.8010008@sauce.co.nz> <20080707000745.GI29319@disturbed> <487171A7.4070602@sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <487171A7.4070602@sgi.com> Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Timothy Shimmin Cc: Richard Scobie , xfs@oss.sgi.com On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 11:30:15AM +1000, Timothy Shimmin wrote: > Dave Chinner wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 12:01:51PM +1200, Richard Scobie wrote: > >> If the following log entry appears after mounting an XFS fs, is it safe > >> to assume that whatever issue initiated the recovery has been repaired, > >> or is further checking/repair required? > > > > No. > > > >> XFS mounting filesystem md5 > >> Starting XFS recovery on filesystem: md5 (logdev: /dev/md0) > >> Ending XFS recovery on filesystem: md5 (logdev: /dev/md0) > > > > That's normal output when mounting an XFS filesystem - if > > you see more than this then there might be problems... > > > Hmmm....I don't know if I would describe that as "normal" > unless I am misunderstanding Dave here. Normal as in "everything is OK - there's no need to worry". Recovery at mount time happens quite frequently for a variety of reasons - it's not a sign that there's something wrong as such.... Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com