http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904764 Bug ID: 904764 Summary: XFS issue -> directory suddenly gets inaccessible and an I/O error is reported when trying to read/modify/delete it Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.3 Version: Final Hardware: Other OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem Assignee: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com Reporter: jkalcic@novell.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- Created attachment 613082 --> http://bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cgi?id=613082&action=edit xfs_repair -v /dev/mapper/system-home > xfs_repair.log 2>&1 I have a weird issue on my XFS file system. Suddenly I see a directory reported as ?????: # l [...] -rw-r--r-- 1 jkalcic users 360 Jan 3 2014 .gtkrc-2.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 jkalcic users 328 Jan 3 2014 .gtkrc-2.0-kde4 d????????? ? ? ? ? ? gwcache/ drwxr-xr-x 12 jkalcic users 4096 Oct 29 17:07 home/ drwxr-xr-x 4 jkalcic users 4096 Sep 22 23:24 .icedtea/ drwxr-xr-x 4 jkalcic users 4096 Jun 20 00:28 icu/ -rw-r--r-- 1 jkalcic users 861 Jan 3 2014 .inputrc [...] No problem, I can delete it, but.. # rm -rf gwcache rm: cannot remove ‘gwcache’: Input/output error Gave a couple of run of xfs_check and xfs_repair but nothing changed. Of course all the file system is less responsive in this situation (even listing directories take up to ten seconds) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.