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Date:      Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:02:37 -0400
From:      Mark Murawski <markm-lists@intellasoft.net>
To:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ZFS file corruption problem
Message-ID:  <4F60266D.1090302@intellasoft.net>
In-Reply-To: <4F5F97A4.6070000@brockmann-consult.de>
References:  <4F5F7116.3020400@intellasoft.net> <4F5F97A4.6070000@brockmann-consult.de>

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On 03/13/12 14:53, Peter Maloney wrote:
> Am 13.03.2012 17:08, schrieb Mark Murawski:
>> So I have this zpool with corrupted files running on freebsd 9-release
>> amd64.  The corrupted files can go away, that's not a big deal
>>
>> Here's the problem.
>>
>> $ ls -al /storage/zfs/0-Pics/2012-03-01-peterskill/155CANON/IMG_5576.CR2
>> <infinite wait ensues>
> Since this is one of the corrupt files, I guess ZFS would like to block
> until it can return a good copy (such as if you put the mirror disk back
> in)... so to fix this, you need to remove the file or restore from
> backup (or add that mirror disk back in, which I will assume you can't):
>
> rm /storage/zfs/0-Pics/2012-03-01-peterskill/155CANON/IMG_5576.CR2
> (in the case of a file that should exist empty instead of being removed,
> eg. a log where the log writer does not have write permission to the
> directory, do touch also)
>
> or maybe this works:
>
> mv /somewhere_with_backup/IMG_5576.CR2
> /storage/zfs/0-Pics/2012-03-01-peterskill/155CANON/IMG_5576.CR2
>
>
> And if there are more errors, you probably need to scrub to expand the
> pool or for "zpool clear" to work.
>

Oh wow.  For some reason I never thought of rm.  That works on getting 
rid of the file.

Why would the whole pool now become available upon access to a bad file?



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