On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:06:57PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote: > try: > > # xfs_metadump /dev/md4 md4.metadump > # xfs_mdrestore md4.metadump md4.img > # xfs_repair -L md4.img > > that'll repair a metadata image and you can see how much it runs into. Good suggestion. Here's the result; looks innocuous: prompt# xfs_repair -v -L md4.img Phase 1 - find and verify superblock... - block cache size set to 1242264 entries Phase 2 - using internal log - zero log... zero_log: head block 123697 tail block 123687 ALERT: The filesystem has valuable metadata changes in a log which is being destroyed because the -L option was used. - scan filesystem freespace and inode maps... - found root inode chunk Phase 3 - for each AG... - scan and clear agi unlinked lists... - process known inodes and perform inode discovery... - agno = 0 - agno = 1 - agno = 2 - agno = 3 - agno = 4 - agno = 5 - agno = 6 - agno = 7 - agno = 8 - agno = 9 - agno = 10 - agno = 11 - agno = 12 - agno = 13 - agno = 14 - agno = 15 - agno = 16 - agno = 17 - agno = 18 - agno = 19 - agno = 20 - agno = 21 - agno = 22 - agno = 23 - agno = 24 - agno = 25 - agno = 26 - agno = 27 - agno = 28 - agno = 29 - agno = 30 - agno = 31 - process newly discovered inodes... Phase 4 - check for duplicate blocks... - setting up duplicate extent list... - check for inodes claiming duplicate blocks... - agno = 0 - agno = 1 - agno = 2 - agno = 3 - agno = 5 - agno = 6 - agno = 7 - agno = 8 - agno = 9 - agno = 10 - agno = 11 - agno = 12 - agno = 13 - agno = 14 - agno = 15 - agno = 16 - agno = 17 - agno = 18 - agno = 19 - agno = 20 - agno = 21 - agno = 22 - agno = 23 - agno = 24 - agno = 26 - agno = 27 - agno = 28 - agno = 29 - agno = 30 - agno = 31 - agno = 25 - agno = 4 Phase 5 - rebuild AG headers and trees... - agno = 0 - agno = 1 - agno = 2 - agno = 3 - agno = 4 - agno = 5 - agno = 6 - agno = 7 - agno = 8 - agno = 9 - agno = 10 - agno = 11 - agno = 12 - agno = 13 - agno = 14 - agno = 15 - agno = 16 - agno = 17 - agno = 18 - agno = 19 - agno = 20 - agno = 21 - agno = 22 - agno = 23 - agno = 24 - agno = 25 - agno = 26 - agno = 27 - agno = 28 - agno = 29 - agno = 30 - agno = 31 - reset superblock... Phase 6 - check inode connectivity... - resetting contents of realtime bitmap and summary inodes - traversing filesystem ... - agno = 0 - agno = 1 - agno = 2 - agno = 3 - agno = 4 - agno = 5 - agno = 6 - agno = 7 - agno = 8 - agno = 9 - agno = 10 - agno = 11 - agno = 12 - agno = 13 - agno = 14 - agno = 15 - agno = 16 - agno = 17 - agno = 18 - agno = 19 - agno = 20 - agno = 21 - agno = 22 - agno = 23 - agno = 24 - agno = 25 - agno = 26 - agno = 27 - agno = 28 - agno = 29 - agno = 30 - agno = 31 - traversal finished ... - moving disconnected inodes to lost+found ... Phase 7 - verify and correct link counts... XFS_REPAIR Summary Tue Jan 24 13:49:49 2012 Phase Start End Duration Phase 1: 01/24 13:49:12 01/24 13:49:13 1 second Phase 2: 01/24 13:49:13 01/24 13:49:18 5 seconds Phase 3: 01/24 13:49:18 01/24 13:49:24 6 seconds Phase 4: 01/24 : 01/24 13:49:49 01/24 13:49:49 Total run time: 37 seconds done However, if I loopback mount the img file, the file/directory names in the mounted fs are mostly corrupted; that may be expected though since it's just a metadata dump/restore? prompt# mount -r -t xfs -o loop md4.img /mnt prompt# ls /mnt ??5?z+o??%F_4(?R?.wrhE*] data K?ckw? T?o??n2o?,?0-|K#\o Z?w?9=ol\?7j??1T Any other suggestions or comments before I let loose xfs_repair -L on the real filesystem? John _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs