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IV04384: FSCK FAILS TO FIX JFS2 CORRUPTION INVOLVING EA APPLIES TO AIX 5300-11

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • fsck fails to fix the JFS2 corruption involving extended
    attributes. If there is a JFS2 metadata corruption and FS
    has EAs enabled, fsck might not fully fix the corruption
    and hence leave the EAs in erroneous state resulting the
    corruption to be as it is. This will result in corrupted
    EA metadata to re-appear everytime the backup of the FS
    is used.
    

Local fix

  • N/A
    

Problem summary

  • Repeated filesystem corruption will be seen only, if there
    is ever a EAV1 corruption and continue use of EAV1s.
    
    Mostly fsck will complain about "cross linked" blocks
    or "EAV1 data format errors", but other variations of
    corruptions possible, including system crash.
    

Problem conclusion

  • Remove all assoicated data from the inode during cleanup of
    a corurpted EAV1
    

Temporary fix

Comments

  • 5300-11 - use AIX APAR IV04384
    5300-12 - use AIX APAR IV04241
    6100-04 - use AIX APAR IV05589
    6100-05 - use AIX APAR IZ80809
    6100-06 - use AIX APAR IV04853
    6100-07 - use AIX APAR IV01264
    7100-00 - use AIX APAR IZ84512
    

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV04384

  • Reported component name

    AIX 5.3

  • Reported component ID

    5765G0300

  • Reported release

    530

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Submitted date

    2011-08-03

  • Closed date

    2011-08-03

  • Last modified date

    2013-03-24

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

    IV01264

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    AIX 5.3

  • Fixed component ID

    5765G0300

Applicable component levels

  • R530 PSY U844884

       UP11/10/07 I 1000

PTF to Fileset Mapping

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 March 2013