XFS filesystem shutdown when deleting millions of files on RHEL
Issue
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XFS file system shut down when deleting 50 ~ 60 million small files (5 ~ 10 KB).
kernel: XFS (dm-3): xlog_write: reservation summary: trans type = INACTIVE (3) unit res = 78564 bytes current res = -33148 bytes total reg = 0 bytes (o/flow = 0 bytes) ophdrs = 0 (ophdr space = 0 bytes) ophdr + reg = 0 bytes num regions = 0 kernel: XFS : xlog_write: reservation ran out. Need to up reservation kernel: XFS : xfs_do_force_shutdown(0x2) called from line 2042 of file fs/xfs/xfs_log.c. Return address = 0xffffffffa033edb8 kernel: XFS : xfs_imap_to_bp: xfs_trans_read_buf() returned error 5. kernel: XFS : Log I/O Error Detected. Shutting down filesystem kernel: XFS : Please umount the filesystem and rectify the problem(s) kernel: XFS : xfs_log_force: error 5 returned.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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