SERVER-37595 [3.6] Handle WT_TRY_SALVAGE error code gracefully

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/db/storage/wiredtiger/wiredtiger_util.cpp b/src/mongo/db/storage/wiredtiger/wiredtiger_util.cpp
index 059269aa2f5..d41c64cbe83 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/storage/wiredtiger/wiredtiger_util.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/storage/wiredtiger/wiredtiger_util.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
 namespace mongo {
 
 using std::string;
+const char* kWTRepairMsg =
+    "This version of MongoDB is unable to repair this kind of corruption, but version 4.0.3+ may "
+    "be able to repair it. See http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/repair for more information.";
 
 Status wtRCToStatus_slow(int retCode, const char* prefix) {
     if (retCode == 0)
@@ -62,6 +65,12 @@ Status wtRCToStatus_slow(int retCode, const char* prefix) {
         throw WriteConflictException();
     }
 
+    if (retCode == WT_TRY_SALVAGE) {
+        severe() << "WiredTiger metadata corruption detected";
+        severe() << kWTRepairMsg;
+        fassertFailedNoTrace(50944);
+    }
+
     fassert(28559, retCode != WT_PANIC);
 
     str::stream s;