can xfs_repair guarantee a complete clean filesystem?

[Eric Sandeen]

hank peng wrote:
> When using xfs_repair, I want my XFS filesystem complete clean and
> continue to work even if some files lost. Becase we use XFS in low-end
> NAS box, customers want a tool to repair the filesystem when it has
> problem and they allow some files be lost and don't want the whole
> system to stop.
> So, I wonder if xfs_repair or some other tools can satisfy this funciton?
> 

Yes, that is exactly its purpose (any potential bugs notwithstanding...)

-Eric