linux-ext4 - Re: Fsck.ext4: Memory Allocation Failed

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Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2014 22:22:31 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Justin Brown <justin.brown@...dingo.org>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fsck.ext4: Memory Allocation Failed

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 03:49:29PM -0500, Justin Brown wrote:
> Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
> Inode 14109880 has illegal block(s).  Clear? yes
> 
> Illegal block #0 (3925875673) in inode 14109880.  CLEARED.
> Illegal block #2 (85326080) in inode 14109880.  CLEARED.
> Illegal block #3 (2516589529) in inode 14109880.  CLEARED.
> Illegal block #5 (3641317099) in inode 14109880.  CLEARED.
> Illegal block #6 (394723355) in inode 14109880.  CLEARED.
> Illegal block #7 (2986344453) in inode 14109880.  CLEARED.
> Illegal block #8 (3640903191) in inode 14109880.  CLEARED.
> Illegal block #9 (463536155) in inode 14109880.  CLEARED.
> Illegal block #11 (1275199487) in inode 14109880.  CLEARED.
> Illegal double indirect block (2181366192) in inode 14109880.  CLEARED.
> Illegal block #563086348 (4294967295) in inode 14109880.  CLEARED.
> Error storing directory block information (inode=14109880, block=0,
> num=471166008): Memory allocation failed

Sorry, this is a bug in e2fsck; we should handle this kind of
corrupted inode better.

The quick workaround is this:

debugfs -w -R "clri <14109880>" /dev/vg/root 

This will zap the contents of the offending inode, since it's been
overwritten with garbage; unfortunately, it was garbage which was
causing e2fsck to try to allocate too much memory, and then fail.

	       	      	 	      - Ted
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