[Bug 912] New: xfs_fsck memory requirement for big files leads to non-successful check

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           Summary: xfs_fsck memory requirement for big files leads to
                    non-successful check
           Product: XFS
           Version: Current
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P5
         Component: xfsprogs
        AssignedTo: xfs-masters@xxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: m.galabant@xxxxxxxxx
   Estimated Hours: 0.0
    Classification: Unclassified


Dear developers,

we've got a 21TB XFS volume which is only use to store rather big single files
(up to 190GB, 3000 files in total)
This leads to xfs_db(?) eating up all memory (16GB + 6GB SWAP) without
successfully completing.
This means the memory requirements seem to be directly dependent upon file
sizes, not volume sizes, as I can successfully check a similar-sized volume
with only smaller files (see also #304, man-page should document memory
requirements).

My expectation was that it is still possible to check big files that must not
fit into main memory.

Current setup:
16GB RAM
CentOS release 5.6 (Final)

xfsprogs
Version     : 2.9.4                             Vendor: CentOS

Cheers,
M

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