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BTRFS-CHECK(8) Btrfs Manual BTRFS-CHECK(8)
NAME
btrfs-check - check or repair a btrfs filesystem
SYNOPSIS
btrfs check [options] <device>
DESCRIPTION
The filesystem checker is used to verify structural integrity of a filesystem and attempt
to repair it if requested. It is recommended to unmount the filesystem prior to running
the check, but it is possible to start checking a mounted filesystem (see --force).
By default, btrfs check will not modify the device but you can reaffirm that by the option
--readonly.
btrfsck is an alias of btrfs check command and is now deprecated.
Warning
Do not use --repair unless you are advised to do so by a developer or an experienced
user, and then only after having accepted that no fsck successfully repair all types
of filesystem corruption. Eg. some other software or hardware bugs can fatally damage
a volume.
The structural integrity check verifies if internal filesystem objects or data structures
satisfy the constraints, point to the right objects or are correctly connected together.
There are several cross checks that can detect wrong reference counts of shared extents,
backreferences, missing extents of inodes, directory and inode connectivity etc.
The amount of memory required can be high, depending on the size of the filesystem,
similarly the run time. Check the modes that can also affect that.
SAFE OR ADVISORY OPTIONS
-b|--backup
use the first valid set of backup roots stored in the superblock
This can be combined with --super if some of the superblocks are damaged.
--check-data-csum
verify checksums of data blocks
This expects that the filesystem is otherwise OK, and is basically an offline scrub
that does not repair data from spare copies.
--chunk-root <bytenr>
use the given offset bytenr for the chunk tree root
-E|--subvol-extents <subvolid>
show extent state for the given subvolume
-p|--progress
indicate progress at various checking phases
-Q|--qgroup-report
verify qgroup accounting and compare against filesystem accounting
-r|--tree-root <bytenr>
use the given offset bytenr for the tree root
--readonly
(default) run in read-only mode, this option exists to calm potential panic when users
are going to run the checker
-s|--super <superblock>
use 'superblock'th superblock copy, valid values are 0, 1 or 2 if the respective
superblock offset is within the device size
This can be used to use a different starting point if some of the primary superblock
is damaged.
--clear-space-cache v1|v2
completely wipe all free space cache of given type
For free space cache v1, the clear_cache kernel mount option only rebuilds the free
space cache for block groups that are modified while the filesystem is mounted with
that option. Thus, using this option with v1 makes it possible to actually clear the
entire free space cache.
For free space cache v2, the clear_cache kernel mount option destroys the entire free
space cache. This option, with v2 provides an alternative method of clearing the free
space cache that doesn't require mounting the filesystem.
--clear-ino-cache
remove leftover items pertaining to the deprecated inode map feature
DANGEROUS OPTIONS
--repair
enable the repair mode and attempt to fix problems where possible
Note
there's a warning and 10 second delay when this option is run without --force to
give users a chance to think twice before running repair, the warnings in
documentation have shown to be insufficient
--init-csum-tree
create a new checksum tree and recalculate checksums in all files
Note
Do not blindly use this option to fix checksum mismatch problems.
--init-extent-tree
build the extent tree from scratch
Note
Do not use unless you know what you're doing.
--mode <MODE>
select mode of operation regarding memory and IO
The MODE can be one of:
original
The metadata are read into memory and verified, thus the requirements are high on
large filesystems and can even lead to out-of-memory conditions. The possible
workaround is to export the block device over network to a machine with enough
memory.
lowmem
This mode is supposed to address the high memory consumption at the cost of
increased IO when it needs to re-read blocks. This may increase run time.
Note
lowmem mode does not work with --repair yet, and is still considered
experimental.
--force
allow work on a mounted filesystem. Note that this should work fine on a quiescent or
read-only mounted filesystem but may crash if the device is changed externally, eg. by
the kernel module. Repair without mount checks is not supported right now.
This option also skips the delay and warning in the repair mode (see --repair).
EXIT STATUS
btrfs check returns a zero exit status if it succeeds. Non zero is returned in case of
failure.
AVAILABILITY
btrfs is part of btrfs-progs. Please refer to the btrfs wiki http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org
for further details.
SEE ALSO
mkfs.btrfs(8), btrfs-scrub(8), btrfs-rescue(8)
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