XFS (dm-X): unknown mount option [acl]

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After upgrading to RHEL 7.4 or higher versions, the system goes into read-only mode.
  • Adding the acl mount option in /etc/fstab for XFS filesystems causes the system to fail to boot or switch to read-only mode
  • After upgrading to RHEL 7.4 or higher, the system is not booting if acl is explicitly mentioned in /etc/fstab

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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