XFS filesystem becomes corrupted and enters read-only state with: "XFS internal error xfs_da_do_buf(2)"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The filesystem will periodically become corrupted and enter a read-only state with the following error visible in /var/log/messages:
Jul 14 22:09:02 tcsasdu1 kernel: Filesystem "dm-XXX": XFS internal error
xfs_da_do_buf(2) at line 2112 of file fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c.  Caller 0xffffffff8849f82e

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5+
  • kernel-2.6.18-194.el5 or greater

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