resize2fs: Attempt to write block to filesystem resulted in short write while trying to resize a file system

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Cannot grow filesystem on LVM even after fscking
  • # resize2fs is failing with 'Attempt to write block to filesystem resulted in short write while trying to resize a file system'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • e2fsprogs before e2fsprogs-1.42.9-9.el7

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