Issue
Description of problem:
If /boot is on an xfs filesystem, and the directory contains a hole in the extent allocation, booting fails with "error: not a correct xfs inode"
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.02-142.el8_7.3.x86_64
How reproducible:
should be very easy
Steps to Reproduce:
1) have older kernel installed
2) create several hundred files with long names in /boot:
for i in
{001..300}
; do
touch /boot/filler_filename____________________________________${i}
done
3) install new kernel version rpms
4) remove the filler files:
rm -f /boot/filler_filename*
5) verify that /boot has a hole:
xfs_bmap /boot
boot:
0: [0..7]: 748422104..748422111
1: [8..15]: hole
2: [16..23]: 748422080..748422087
6) reboot
Actual results:
booting fails with "error: not a correct xfs inode"
Expected results:
booting succeeds
Additional info:
bug also affects RHEL 7, but is fixed in RHEL 9
