On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 03:02:03PM -0700, Marc MERLIN wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 04:00:27PM -0600, cwillu wrote:
> > >> +'btrfs-zero-log' will remove the log tree if log tree is corrupt, which
> > >> will
> > >> +allow you to mount the filesystem again.
> > >> +
> > >> +The common case where this happens has been fixed a long time ago,
> > >> +so it is unlikely that you will see this particular problem.
> > >
> > > A note on this one: this can happen if your SSD rites things in the
> > > wrong order or potentially writes garbage when power is lost, or before
> > > locking up.
> > > I hit this problem about 10 times and it wasn't a btrfs bug, just the
> > > drive doing bad things.
> >
> > And -o recovery didn't work around it? My understanding is that -o
> > recovery will skip reading the log.
>
> Maybe it does, but if you're trying to mount your root filesystem to boot
> your laptop, that's not super useful since -o recovery is indeed a read only
> recovery mode.
Sorry, -o recovery is not read only, but -o recovery,ro which is usually
what is needed for things to work in my experience, is indeed read only.
Marc
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