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Oracle Linux: System Getting Input/output Error When Trying to Access XFS File System (Doc ID 2509507.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.4 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

Cannot access XFS file system.


When one try to do ls or any other command againts the filesystem it returns the following error:

-bash-4.2# ls -lrt /dfs/6
ls: cannot access /dfs/6: Input/output error

 

The /var/log/messages file shows the following entries:

Feb 6 04:44:56 hostname kernel: XFS (sdf1): metadata I/O error: block 0x7493fae0 ("xfs_trans_read_buf_map") error 61 numblks 32
Feb 6 04:44:56 hostname kernel: XFS (sdf1): xfs_imap_to_bp: xfs_trans_read_buf() returned error -61.
Feb 6 04:44:56 hostname kernel: XFS (sdf1): xfs_iunlink_remove: xfs_imap_to_bp returned error -61.
Feb 6 04:44:56 hostname kernel: XFS (sdf1): xfs_inactive_ifree: xfs_ifree returned error -61
Feb 6 04:44:56 hostname kernel: XFS (sdf1): xfs_do_force_shutdown(0x1) called from line 1805 of file fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c. Return address = 0xffffffffc03e5f63
Feb 6 04:44:57 hostname kernel: XFS (sdf1): I/O Error Detected. Shutting down filesystem
Feb 6 04:44:57 hostname kernel: XFS (sdf1): Please umount the filesystem and rectify the problem(s)

 

Cause

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