Unable To Mount XFS File System Due to Error "kernel: XFS (dm-5): xfs_do_force_shutdown(0x1) called from line 378 of file fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c." (Doc ID 2625734.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 07, 2020

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Symptoms

An Oracle Linux 7 system was unable to mount one of its XFS file systems, with the following messages found in the system logs:

Oct 8 16:24:52 <HOSTNAME> kernel: XFS (dm-5): Mounting V4 Filesystem
Oct 8 16:24:52 <HOSTNAME> kernel: XFS (dm-5): Starting recovery (logdev: internal)
Oct 8 16:24:54 <HOSTNAME> kernel: blk_update_request: I/O error, dev xvda, sector 419026936
Oct 8 16:24:54 <HOSTNAME> kernel: XFS (dm-5): metadata I/O error: block 0x16e1c7f8 ("xlog_recover_iodone") error 5 numblks 8
Oct 8 16:24:54 <HOSTNAME> kernel: XFS (dm-5): xfs_do_force_shutdown(0x1) called from line 378 of file fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c. Return address = 0xffffffffa022f29d
Oct 8 16:24:54 <HOSTNAME> kernel: XFS (dm-5): I/O Error Detected. Shutting down filesystem
Oct 8 16:24:54 <HOSTNAME> kernel: XFS (dm-5): Please umount the filesystem and rectify the problem(s)
Oct 8 16:24:54 <HOSTNAME> kernel: XFS (dm-5): log mount/recovery failed: error -5
Oct 8 16:24:54 <HOSTNAME> kernel: XFS (dm-5): log mount failed

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