Re: [BUG] fs/jbd/checkpoint.c:427: "blocknr != 0"

[franz_pletz@t-online.de (Franz Pletz)]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> I assume you have a wrecked journal, which is triggering this assert:
> 
> 	} else {
> 		first_tid = journal->j_transaction_sequence;
> 		blocknr = journal->j_head;
> 	}
> 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
> 	J_ASSERT(blocknr != 0);
> 
> 	/* If the oldest pinned transaction is at the tail of the log
>            already then there's not much we can do right now. */
> 
> e2fsck should have fixed this up when doing its journal replay.
> 
> You could probably get your data back by temporarily removing the journal:
> 
> 	tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/hda1
> 	e2fsck -f /dev/hda1
> 	tune2fs -j /dev/hda1
> 	e2fsck -f /dev/hda1

That solved the problem. Thank you very much.

I've read the tune2fs manpage in order to rebuild the journal in some 
way. But as I didn't want to destroy my data, I didn't dare to do 
something unless I am really sure what I'm doing.

I can't track that error down to a specific issue because the machine 
didn't lock up or something similar. I just shut it down and got that 
message when booting it the other day.


Franz