xfs_fsr reports XFS_IOC_SWAPEXT failed on RHEL
Issue
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When running xfs_fsr it reports failures including
XFS_IOC_SWAPEXT failed: ino=12345678901: Invalid argument
The system logs report
kernel: XFS (dm-5): xfs_swap_extents: inode 0x12345abcd format is incompatible for exchanging.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise LInux 6
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