[LU-16082] old-style Lustre EA inodes support is broken in newer kernel

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Critical
• Fix Version/s: Lustre 2.16.0, Lustre 2.15.2
• Affects Version/s: Lustre 2.14.0, Lustre 2.15.0
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: Alexander Zarochentsev
• Reporter: Alexander Zarochentsev

Description

the system upgraded from Lustre/rhel7.6/kernel-3.10 experiences the following problems:

files unaccessible with "Structure needs cleaning" error , kernel log at MDS is full of

[Tue Aug 2 11:15:32 2022] LDISKFS-fs warning (device md1): ldiskfs_xattr_inode_get:497: inode #4290430381: comm mdt04_005: EA inode hash validation failed
[Tue Aug 2 11:15:32 2022] LDISKFS-fs warning (device md1): ldiskfs_xattr_inode_get:497: inode #4290430355: comm mdt04_032: EA inode hash validation failed
[Tue Aug 2 11:15:32 2022] LDISKFS-fs warning (device md1): ldiskfs_xattr_inode_get:497: inode #4290430357: comm mdt04_013: EA inode hash validation failed
[Tue Aug 2 11:15:32 2022] LDISKFS-fs warning (device md1): ldiskfs_xattr_inode_get:497: inode #4290430383: comm mdt07_024: EA inode hash validation failed

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-15171 corrupted in-inode xattr
• is related to: LU-11643 create disk images for Lustre 2.10 and 2.12 for ldiskfs