mkfs.xfs: pwrite64 failed: Input/output error including 'blk_cloned_rq_check_limits'
Issue
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When trying to create a xfs filesystem getting below error:
# mkfs.xfs /dev/mapper/lvname meta-data=/dev/mapper/lvname isize=512 agcount=32, agsize=8388604 blks = sectsz=512 attr=2, projid32bit=1 = crc=1 finobt=0, sparse=0 data = bsize=4096 blocks=268435328, imaxpct=25 = sunit=4 swidth=4096 blks naming =version 2 bsize=4096 ascii-ci=0 ftype=1 log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=131072, version=2 = sectsz=512 sunit=4 blks, lazy-count=1 realtime =none extsz=4096 blocks=0, rtextents=0 **mkfs.xfs: pwrite64 failed: Input/output error**
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In
/var/log/messages
we could see below errorskernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 8:176. kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 8:128. kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 8:132 kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 8:112 multipathd: sdi: mark as failed multipathd: remaining active paths: 3 multipathd: sdl: mark as failed multipathd: remaining active paths: 2 multipathd: sdh: mark as failed multipathd: remaining active paths: 1 multipathd: sdc: mark as failed multipathd: remaining active paths: 0 kernel: Buffer I/O error on dev dm-7, logical block 268435440, async page read multipathd: sdi - directio checker reports path is up multipathd: 8:128: reinstated multipathd: remaining active paths: 1 kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Reinstating path 8:128. kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Reinstating path 8:176. kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Reinstating path 8:112. kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Reinstating path 8:32. multipathd: sdl - directio checker reports path is up multipathd: 8:176: reinstated multipathd: remaining active paths: 2 multipathd: 8:112: reinstated multipathd:remaining active paths: 3 multipathd: sdc - directio checker reports path is up multipathd: 8:32: reinstated multipathd: remaining active paths: 4 [...]
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But while creating a filesystem with ext4 it is not giving any errors.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.3
- XFS filesystem
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