This patch is not yet upstream; there are missing braces under the if (!no_modify && !zap_log) case so that a repair which fails xlog_find_tail() will not be repairable, because -L will not be able to zero out the log. Reported-by: Xiao Yang Signed-off-by: Xiao Yang Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen Index: xfsprogs-4.5.0/repair/phase2.c =================================================================== --- xfsprogs-4.5.0.orig/repair/phase2.c +++ xfsprogs-4.5.0/repair/phase2.c @@ -78,12 +78,13 @@ zero_log( do_warn( _("zero_log: cannot find log head/tail (xlog_find_tail=%d)\n"), error); - if (!no_modify && !zap_log) + if (!no_modify && !zap_log) { do_warn(_( "ERROR: The log head and/or tail cannot be discovered. Attempt to mount the\n" "filesystem to replay the log or use the -L option to destroy the log and\n" "attempt a repair.\n")); exit(2); + } } else { if (verbose) { do_log(