xfs_growfs: XFS_IOC_FSGROWFSDATA xfsctl failed: No space left on device, starts occurring at precisely 4 TiB

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When trying to grow xfs on large devices/FS we hit,
    xfs_growfs: XFS_IOC_FSGROWFSDATA xfsctl failed: No space left on device
  • When executing the xfs_growfs command one more time, it does not resize the device but prints the error.
  • This reported with 4 TiB and larger size.
  • Some automation tools suffer due to this error printed.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9

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