xfs_metadump can be corrupted if stderr redirected to output

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When restoring an xfs_metadump for analysis I receive errors

    [root@rhel7 ~]# xfs_mdrestore xfsmetadump.dmp xfs.img
    xfs_mdrestore: bad block count: 28535
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and earlier
    • xfsprogs-4.5.0-22.el7.x86_64

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