Filesystem errors "EXT4-fs error (device md0): htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in directory #XXXXXXXX"

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Issue

  • The following filesystem errors are seen in `/var/log/messages:

    May  3 22:45:03 test kernel: EXT4-fs error (device md0): htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in directory #96469198: directory entry across blocks - block=385884226offset=0(32768), inode=2723306230, rec_len=206956, name_len=59
    May  3 22:45:03 test kernel: EXT4-fs error (device md0): htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in directory #96469198: directory entry across blocks - block=385884231offset=0(53248), inode=1619960990, rec_len=30104, name_len=34
    May  3 22:45:03 test kernel: EXT4-fs error (device md0): htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in directory #96469198: directory entry across blocks - block=385884232offset=0(57344), inode=1060647885, rec_len=220636, name_len=215
    May  3 22:45:03 test kernel: EXT4-fs error (device md0): htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in directory #96469198: directory entry across blocks - block=385884228offset=0(40960), inode=3457969632, rec_len=54408, name_len=246
    May  3 22:45:03 test kernel: EXT4-fs error (device md0): htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in directory #96469198: directory entry across blocks - block=385884230offset=0(49152), inode=2002298854, rec_len=251288, name_len=106
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6+
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • ext4 filesystem
  • kernel-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 or newer

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