XFS transaction overrun when running docker on RHEL

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • XFS filesystem transaction overrun reported when running docker on RHEL, below messages are reported in dmesg:
XFS (dm-X): xfs_do_force_shutdown(0x8) called from line 318 of file fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c.  Return address = ffffffffc067c7ce
XFS (dm-X): Corruption of in-memory data detected.  Shutting down filesystem
XFS (dm-X): Please umount the filesystem and rectify the problem(s)
  • Overlayfs leading to the overrun transaction of XFS file system in RHEL.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • docker

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