Re: XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO

["Chris" <chris2014@postbox.xyz>]

Dear Brian,

thank you for your detailed answer.

Brian Foster wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 11:52:02AM +0100, Chris wrote:
>> I tried XFS-repair, but it couldn't find the first or second super block
>> after four hours.
>>
>
> That sounds like something more significant is going on either with the
> fs, the storage or xfs_repair has been pointed in the wrong place. The
> above issue should at worst require zeroing the log, dealing with the
> resulting inconsistency and rebuilding the fs btrees accurately.

Well, did it crash, because I called

xfs_db -c "freespc -s" /dev/...

while it was still in this unmount-loop?

> I suspect it's too late to inspect what's going on there if you have
> already restored from backup. In the future, you can use xfs_metadump to
> capture a metadata only image of a broken fs to share with us and help
> us diagnose what might have gone wrong.

OK.

> I'd suggest to run "xfs_repair -n" on those as soon as possible to see
> if they are affected by the same problem. It might also be a good idea
> to run it against the fs you've restored from backup to see if it
> returns and possibly get an idea on what might have caused the problem.

On those filesystems, that aren't in use now, xfs_repair hasn't found any
problems.

Thanks again for your help. Next time, I'll do a metadump.

- Chris