Re: XFS internal error

Andreas Kotes
2008-03-13T07:17:38Z

Hello,

* Andreas Kotes <count@flatline.de> [20080313 08:14]:
> * David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> [20080313 01:01]:
> > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 06:50:50PM +0100, Andreas Kotes wrote:
> > > * Andreas Kotes <count-linux@flatline.de> [20080311 14:47]:
> > > > I basically build a PXE image which does an xfs_repair -L /dev/sda2 from
> > > > initrd - and the problem persists. Sigh. Exactly no change.
> >
> > Do you do this on every boot?
>
> no, I did this on a6b and a7b so far, where the problems I mentioned
> occur, and only after I saw these in-memory problems. in general, XFS
> proves to be realiable for us.
>
> would you recommend running an xfs_check before running an xfs_repair in
> case of problems?

oh, btw - running xfs_check doesn't work most of the time, as the log
usually contains entries, and isn't replayed before shutdown ..

I figure running this on every boot would leave me killing my log all of
the time, if the shutdown didn't leave time to write the changes to
disk? ;)

Andreas

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