Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.42.12-1.1 Severity: important I have an ext4 file system with external journal. Journal device died and file system is in RO mode.
In order to switch back to internal journal I need to remove reference to
external journal, run fsck and re-create journal:
tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/md2
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The needs_recovery flag is set. Please run e2fsck before clearing.
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fsck.ext4 -C0 /dev/md2
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e2fsck 1.42.12 (29-Aug-2014)
tmp: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while
reading block 0
fsck.ext4: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while
checking ext3 journal for tmp
tmp: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **********
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(fsck fails with "-E journal_only" as well).
tune2fs -O ^needs_recovery /dev/md2
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Clearing filesystem feature 'needs_recovery' not supported.
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As you can see there is a deadlock: I can't remove reference to non existent
external journal before running _fsck_ which refuses to work when journal is
not available. Catch-22?
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Cheers,
Dmitry Smirnov
GPG key : 4096R/53968D1B
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