RHEL server filesystem went read-only mode with errors 'deleting unreferenced inode'
Issue
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server filesystem went read-only mode with errors 'deleting unreferenced inode'. The following are the log messages.
Mar 24 18:59:31 server02 kernel: ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 100734 Mar 24 19:00:30 server02 kernel: EXT3-fs: sda2: 8182 orphan inodes deleted Mar 24 19:00:30 server02 kernel: EXT3-fs: recovery complete. Mar 24 19:00:30 server02 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem. EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: sda2: orphan cleanup on readonly fs ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 98316 ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 98315 ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 98314 ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 98313 ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 98312 ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 98311 EXT3-fs: sda2: 6 orphan inodes deleted EXT3-fs: recovery complete. EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. -
For ext4:
ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 57 ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 56 ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 55
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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