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Oracle Linux : OCFS2 Block Data Corruption When running kernel UEK5-U5 & UEK6-U3 (Doc ID 2847017.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 08, 2022

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.0 and later
Linux x86
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

Strange characters at the end of text files or beginning of the ocfs2 data block are observed.
Also, while running RAMN archive log backup to OCFS2 filesytem, below error are observed.

Corrupt block seq: ...blocknum=8.
Bad header found during backing up archived log

Changes

 Server was upgraded to kernel 4.14.35-2047.501.2.el7uek.x86_64 for Oracle Linux 7 and kernel kernel-uek-5.4.17-2102.201.3.el8uek for Oracle Linux 8.

Cause

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