fsck cannot determine which of the two inodes is incorrect. In such cases, fsck makes a copy of one of the inodes (with data) and asks the user to delete the bad file after mounting.
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Eric Raskin <eras...@paslists.com> wrote: > I did some more research by running a fsck -fn. Basically it is one > inode that is wrong and needs to be cleared. Is there a way to do that via > debugfs? If I can delete that one inode, then all the doubly-linked > clusters will not be doubly linked any more and all of the errors will go > away. > > Isn't that quicker than cloning a bad inode? > > > On 03/22/2014 09:40 PM, Sunil Mushran wrote: > > Cloning the inode means inode + data. Let it finish. > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Eric Raskin <eras...@paslists.com> wrote: > >> Hi: >> >> I am running a two-node Oracle VM Server 2.2.2 installation. We were >> having some strange problems creating new virtual machines, so I shut down >> the systems and unmounted the OVS Repository (ocfs2 file system on >> Equallogic equipment). >> >> I ran a fsck -y first, which replayed the logs and said all was clean. >> But, I am pretty sure there are other issues, so I started an fsck -fy >> >> One of the messages I got was: >> >> Cluster 161213953 is claimed by the following inodes: >> <76289548> >> /running_pool/450_gebidb/System.img >> [DUP_CLUSTERS_CLONE] Inode "(null)" may be cloned or deleted to break the >> claim it has on its clusters. Clone inode "(null)" to break claims on >> clusters it shares with other inodes? y >> >> I then watched with an strace -p <fsck process> to see what was >> happening, since it was taking a long time with no messages. I see: >> >> pwrite64(3, >> "INODE01\0H\26O}\377\377\22\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 90112) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "EXBLK01\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0+\3H\26O}\306\374&\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 10465599488) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "GROUP01\0\300\17\0\4P\0\0\0H\26O}\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 10462699520) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "INODE01\0H\26O}\377\377\22\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 90112) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "EXBLK01\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0/\3H\26O}\302\374&\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 10465583104) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "GROUP01\0\300\17\0\4Q\0\0\0H\26O}\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 10462699520) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "INODE01\0H\26O}\377\377\22\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 90112) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "EXBLK01\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0003\3H\26O}\274\374&\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 10465558528) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "INODE01\0H\26O}\0\0L\0\0\0\0\0\24\346\17\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 2686701568) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, "GROUP01\0\300\17\0~\3\0#\0H\26O}\0\0\0\0\0n\0\1\0\0\0\0"..., >> 4096, 100940120064) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "INODE01\0H\26O}\377\377\7\0\0\0\0\0\0\6\0\30\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 45056) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "GROUP01\0\300\17\0\4P\0\0\0H\26O}\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 10462699520) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "INODE01\0H\26O}\377\377\22\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 90112) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "EXBLK01\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\272\2H\26O}\274\374&\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 10465558528) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "EXBLK01\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0003\3H\26O}\274\374&\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 10465558528) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "GROUP01\0\300\17\0\4O\0\0\0H\26O}\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 10462699520) = 4096 >> pwrite64(3, >> "INODE01\0H\26O}\377\377\22\0\0\0\0\0\0$\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096, >> 90112) = 4096 >> >> This is going on and on. It looks like it is writing lots of entries to >> fix one duplicate inode??? >> >> At this point, I have aborted the fsck, as I am worried that it is >> completely trashing our OVS repository disk. >> >> Can anybody shed some light on this before I restart the fsck? We need >> to be back up and running ASAP! >> >> Thanks in advance! >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Eric H. Raskin 914-765-0500 x120 <914-765-0500%20x120> Professional >> Advertising Systems Inc. 914-765-0503 fax 200 Business Park Dr Suite 304 >> eras...@paslists.com Armonk, NY 10504 http://www.paslists.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ocfs2-users mailing list >> Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com >> https://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Eric H. Raskin 914-765-0500 x120 Professional Advertising Systems Inc. > 914-765-0503 fax 200 Business Park Dr Suite 304 eras...@paslists.com Armonk, > NY 10504 http://www.paslists.com >
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