Why ext3 filesystem went read-only with the message: "ext3_put_super: Couldn't clean up the journal" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9?
Issue
- Two of our production application servers had the same filesystem go read-only.
- The only messages logged are:
kernel: ext3_abort called.
kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-7): ext3_put_super: Couldn't clean up the journal
kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
kernel: EXT3 FS on dm-7, internal journal
kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9
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