Why XFS file system fails to mount with error code 30?

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Issue

  • The filesystem is not getting mounted, and throwing error "recovery required on read-only device"
  • Unable to mount xfs filesystem getting the below error in dmesg.
[55929.688085] XFS (dm-7): Mounting V4 Filesystem
[55929.713084] XFS (dm-7): recovery required on read-only device.
[55929.713089] XFS (dm-7): write access unavailable, cannot proceed.
[55929.713092] XFS (dm-7): log mount/recovery failed: error 30
[55929.713240] XFS (dm-7): log mount failed

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • xfs

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