Re: XFS_REPAIR on LVM partition

[Rafael Weingartner <rafaelweingartner@xxxxxxxxx>]

So, sadly I went for the big hammer option, I thought that there were no other options ;). 

I'm guessing it can't find or validate the primary superblock, so
it's looking for a secondary superblock. Please post the output of
the running repair so we can see exactly what it is doing.

That is exactly what it seems that it is happening.

 

dmesg erros:

 81.927888] Pid: 878, comm: mount Not tainted 3.5.0-44-generic #67~precise1-Ubuntu
[   81.927891] Call Trace:
[   81.927941]  [<ffffffffa01d460f>] xfs_error_report+0x3f/0x50 [xfs]
[   81.927972]  [<ffffffffa01ecd66>] ? xfs_free_extent+0xe6/0x130 [xfs]
[   81.927990]  [<ffffffffa01ea318>] xfs_free_ag_extent+0x528/0x730 [xfs]
[   81.928007]  [<ffffffffa01e8e07>] ? kmem_zone_alloc+0x67/0xe0 [xfs]
[   81.928033]  [<ffffffffa01ecd66>] xfs_free_extent+0xe6/0x130 [xfs]
[   81.928055]  [<ffffffffa021bb10>] xlog_recover_process_efi+0x170/0x1b0 [xfs]
[   81.928075]  [<ffffffffa021cd56>] xlog_recover_process_efis.isra.8+0x76/0xd0 [xfs]
[   81.928097]  [<ffffffffa0220a17>] xlog_recover_finish+0x27/0xd0 [xfs]
[   81.928119]  [<ffffffffa022812c>] xfs_log_mount_finish+0x2c/0x30 [xfs]
[   81.928140]  [<ffffffffa0223620>] xfs_mountfs+0x420/0x6b0 [xfs]
[   81.928156]  [<ffffffffa01e2ffd>] xfs_fs_fill_super+0x21d/0x2b0 [xfs]
[   81.928163]  [<ffffffff8118b716>] mount_bdev+0x1c6/0x210
[   81.928179]  [<ffffffffa01e2de0>] ? xfs_parseargs+0xb80/0xb80 [xfs]
[   81.928194]  [<ffffffffa01e10a5>] xfs_fs_mount+0x15/0x20 [xfs]
[   81.928198]  [<ffffffff8118c563>] mount_fs+0x43/0x1b0
[   81.928202]  [<ffffffff811a5ee3>] ? find_filesystem+0x63/0x80
[   81.928206]  [<ffffffff811a7246>] vfs_kern_mount+0x76/0x120
[   81.928209]  [<ffffffff811a7c34>] do_kern_mount+0x54/0x110
[   81.928212]  [<ffffffff811a9934>] do_mount+0x1a4/0x260
[   81.928215]  [<ffffffff811a9e10>] sys_mount+0x90/0xe0
[   81.928220]  [<ffffffff816a7729>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[   81.928229] XFS (dm-0): Failed to recover EFIs
[   81.928232] XFS (dm-0): log mount finish failed
[   81.972741] XFS (dm-1): Mounting Filesystem
[   82.195661] XFS (dm-1): Ending clean mount
[   82.203627] XFS (dm-2): Mounting Filesystem
[   82.479044] XFS (dm-2): Ending clean mount

Actually, the problem was a little bit more complicated. This LVM2 partition, was using a physical device (PV) that is exported by a RAID NAS controller. This volume exported by the controller was created using a RAID 5, there was a hardware failure in one of the HDs of the array and the volume got unavailable, till we replaced the bad driver with a new one and the array rebuild finished.

That's an old version of xfsprogs - you might want to start by
upgrading it to 3.11...

So, a good try should be upgrading to xfsprogs 3.11 and running xfs_repair again.

2013/12/15 Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 08:47:30PM -0200, Rafael Weingartner wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I am having some troubles with a XFS over one LVM partition. After an
> unexpected reboot, I am getting the following message when I try to mount
> it:

> *mount: Structure needs cleaning*

And the error in dmesg is?

> I tried "sudo xfs_check /dev/mapper/volume". Sadly, I got the message:
> xfs_check: cannot init perag data (117)

xfs_check is deprecated, please use "xfs_repair -n" instead.

> *ERROR: The filesystem has valuable metadata changes in a log which needs
> to*
> *be replayed.  Mount the filesystem to replay the log, and unmount it
> before*
> *re-running xfs_check.  If you are unable to mount the filesystem, then use*
> *the xfs_repair -L option to destroy the log and attempt a repair.*
> *Note that destroying the log may cause corruption -- please attempt a
> mount*
> *of the filesystem before doing this*

>
> So, I tried:
> xfs_repair -L

Ok, so you went immediately for the big hammer. There's the
possibility that might not be able to recover your filesystem from
whatever went wrong now that the log has been zeroed.

> The command is running for over 3 hours and still just dots on my screen, I
> have no idea of what is happening. Any ideas how I can get it to work
> again? Or at least some work around that would enable me to extract the
> data that it contains.

I'm guessing it can't find or validate the primary superblock, so
it's looking for a secondary superblock. Please post the output of
the running repair so we can see exactly what it is doing.

Also we need more information about your problem - why did the
machine reboot? what's your storage configuration? You hardware,
etc.

http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_What_information_should_I_include_when_reporting_a_problem.3F

> The server is a Ubuntu server 12.04.
> The XFS version is: xfs_info version 3.1.7
> If you need I can provide you with more info.

That's an old version of xfsprogs - you might want to start by
upgrading it to 3.11...

Cheers,

Dave.
--
Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

--

Rafael Weingärtner