System boots with 'error: not a correct XFS inode'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The grub2 bootloader is unable to read files in a /boot filesystem formatted with XFS with CRC, and further analysis indicates the filesystem contains directory extent holes.
  • The boot process requires manual intervention.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • XFS Filesystem

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