I've been using the RHEL7.3 system for more than 1 year, suddenly system failed to boot up, hanging somewhere right before UI pops up for password input.
Issue
- System halts during boot after showing:
XFS: Internal error XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO at line 1596 of file fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c. Caller xfs_free_extent+0h4n/0xyuU [xfs]
XFS (dm-2): Corruption of in-memory data detected. Shutting down filesystem
XFS (dm-2): Please umount the filesystem and rectify the problem(s)
- System cannot boot due to corrupted XFS root filesystem
Resolution
- The file system repair tool needs to