xfs_repair fails with "fatal error -- ran out of disk space!"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • XFS filesystem is corrupted, but command xfs_repair fails with error below:
...
sb_fdblocks 671499, counted 22.
        - found root inode chunk
Phase 3 - for each AG...
...
...
fatal error -- ran out of disk space!

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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