[Ocfs2-users] [Fwd: Re: Unable to fix corrupt directories with fsck.ocfs2]

[Joel Becker]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 02:49:31PM +1000, Robin Garner wrote:
> Robin Garner wrote:
> > Joel Becker wrote:
> >> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 02:54:39PM +1000, Robin Garner wrote:
> >>> we ran fsck.ocfs2 -f -F, and the machine crashed with
> >>>
> >>> May 14 17:10:34 lp-bbprd1-rh4v kernel: ------------[ cut here 
> >>> ]------------
> >>> May 14 17:10:34 lp-bbprd1-rh4v kernel: kernel BUG at 
> >>> /var/autofs/ca-fileserver2/home/seeda/tmp/kernel/BUILD/ocfs2-1.2.9/fs/ocfs2/file.c:794! 
> >>>
> >>
> >>     Was the filesystem mounted on lp-bbprd1-rh4v when you started
> >> fscking it?
> >>
> >> Joel
> >>
> > 
> > Yes.  This is a 24/7 application (at least during semester), and 
> > arranging extended downtime is a challenge.

	Ok, you ran fsck against a live filesystem and skipped the
cluster locking with the '-F' option.  So now you have two problems.

1) The original directory problem.
2) The duplicate blocks created by your fsck of a mounted filesystem.

	Do you have backups?

Joel

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