[cc list] On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 03:45:00PM +0800, Xiao Yang wrote: > Hi Darrick > > When i run xfstests test case xfs/098 on RHEL7.3Alpha with xfsprog-dev(4.5.0), > I always get following error: > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > + repair fs > Phase 1 - find and verify superblock... > Phase 2 - using internal log > - zero log... > Log inconsistent (didn't find previous header) > failed to find log head > zero_log: cannot find log head/tail (xlog_find_tail=5) > > fatal error -- ERROR: The log head and/or tail cannot be discovered. Attempt to mount the > filesystem to replay the log or use the -L option to destroy the log and > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > When metadata is changed by corrupting the journal, xfs_repair fails > to repair corrupt xfs filesystem. I'd like to know this is expected > behavior for xfs_repair? Can we use -L option to repair corrupt xfs > filesystem successfully. xfs_repair is not capable of replaying the journal at all. The only option is to try to mount the fs, and if that fails, xfs_repair -L will zero the log and check the filesystem. So yes, that is the expected behavior. --D > > Please advise. Thanks very much. > > Regards, > Xiao Yang > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fstests" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
