Ext3 filesystem changed read-only with `ext3_reserve_inode_write: aborting transaction: Out of memory in __ext3_journal_get_write_access`.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Ext3 filesystem changed read-only with following error messages:

    ext3_reserve_inode_write: aborting transaction: Out of memory in __ext3_journal_get_write_access
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Kernel version lower than kernel-2.6.9-100

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