Filesystem remounts read-only with message "ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block ..."

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Issue

  • Filesystem were stuck on read-only
Mar 10 12:55:29 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-113): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 116626347
Mar 10 12:55:29 kernel: Aborting journal on device dm-113.
Mar 10 12:55:30 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-113) in ext3_reserve_inode_write: Journal has aborted
Mar 10 12:55:30 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-113) in ext3_reserve_inode_write: Journal has aborted
Mar 10 12:55:30 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-113) in ext3_orphan_del: Journal has aborted
Mar 10 12:55:32 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-113) in ext3_truncate: Journal has aborted
Mar 10 12:55:33 kernel: ext3_abort called.
Mar 10 12:55:33 kernel: EXT3-fs error (device dm-113): ext3_journal_start_sb: Detected aborted journal
Mar 10 12:55:34 kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only
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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9, 5.10
  • Kernel 2.6.18-371.3.1.el5
  • Kernel 2.6.18-348.21.1.el5

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