xfs_check reports "out of memory" when trying to check a very large filesystem for errors
Issue
- When running
xfs_checkon anXFSfilesystem the following error is received:
# xfs_check /dev/vgname/lvname
xfs_check: out of memory
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Device formatted with
XFS
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