xfs_repair stops on "traversing filesystem..."

[Eric Sandeen]

Tomek Kruszona wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I have a little problem with XFS filesystem that I have on one of my
> machines. I try to make xfs_repair that was not making any problems
> before, but xfs_repair stops on:
> 
> Phase 6 - check inode connectivity...
>         - resetting contents of realtime bitmap and summary inodes
>         - traversing filesystem ...
> 
> CPU usage grows up to 100%. I left it in the night hoping it will finish
> job till morning, but the situation hasn't changed...

...

> Any ideas how to make xfs_repair working again?

You might try running with -P, though I doubt that's the issue.

If that doesn't help, you could provide an xfs_metadump image (in public
or to me in private) and I'll take a look to see what's going on.

-Eric