[Linux-cluster] gfs_fsck fails on large filesystem

[Robert Peterson]

Stephen Willey wrote:
> We fscked the filesystem because we'd started seeing the following
> errors following a power failure.
> (snip)
> We're running on x86_64 so it can use as much memory as it likes.  The
> filesystem is roughly 45Tb.
>   
Hi Stephen,

Yes, this is a problem with gfs_fsck.  The problem is, it tries to 
allocate memory
for bitmaps based on the size of the file system.  The bitmap structures 
are used
throughout the code, so they're not optional.  I'll have to figure out 
how to
do this a better way.  Thanks for opening the bugzilla (200883).  I'll 
work on it.

Regards,

Bob Peterson
Red Hat Cluster Suite