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Solaris 10: fsck reports "BAD STATE 0x5X TO BLKERR" and terminates fixed in patches 137137 and 137138 (Doc ID 1005343.1)

Last updated on JULY 06, 2023

Applies to:

Solaris Operating System - Version 10 and later
All Platforms

Symptoms

If a filesystem contains duplicate blocks, and one of the blocks is claimed by an inode with a link count of zero, the fatal error "BAD STATE 0x5X TO BLKERR" can appear, and the fsck will terminate without doing further repairs.


Changes

Resolved in SPARC kernel patch 137137-09 and x86 kernel patch 137138-09

Cause

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