RE: xfs_ncheck (actually xfs_db) eats a lot of memory and is killed

Barry Naujok
2006-12-18T23:50:21Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com [mailto:xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com]
> On Behalf Of Marcin Zajaczkowski
> Sent: Monday, 18 December 2006 7:15 PM
> To: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: xfs_ncheck (actually xfs_db) eats a lot of
> memory and is killed
>
> Barry Naujok wrote:
> >> Btw, xfs_check shows two lines:
> >> link count mismatch for inode 1572882 (name ?), nlink 16,
> counted 15
> >> link count mismatch for inode 2102297 (name ?), nlink 2, counted 3
> >> Can it be reason for strange xfs_db behavior?
> >
> > No, this shouldn't be causing the xfs_db strange behaviour, but the
> > nlink count mismatch is a problem with xfs_repair 2.8.11.
> Try and use
> > xfs_repair 2.8.16 and later to fix this issue. Older versions before
> > 2.8.11 will also fix the nlink issue.
>
> I have some old system rescue CD with xfs_progs from line
> 2.7.x. Would
> it be ok?

Yes, that should be fine AFAIK.

Barry.