e2fsck reports "Problem in HTREE directory inode ..." errors

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Issue

  • A regular filesystem check is reporting errors after clean shutdown.
e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Problem in HTREE directory inode 62390534: node (2) has invalid depth
Problem in HTREE directory inode 62390534: node (2) has bad max hash
Problem in HTREE directory inode 62390534: node (2) not referenced
Problem in HTREE directory inode 62390534: node (4) has invalid depth
Problem in HTREE directory inode 62390534: node (4) has bad max hash
Problem in HTREE directory inode 62390534: node (4) not referenced
...

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • ext3/4

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