linux-ext4 - Re: [BUG] 2.6.27-rc1 - Filesystem warning on ext4 with e2fsck

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Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:19:29 +0530
From:	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.27-rc1 - Filesystem warning on ext4 with e2fsck

Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> After running the fsx linux test on the ext4 partition mounted with 
>> -o errors=panic,journal_async_commit, filesystem check is reporting
>> warning
>>
>> # /usr/local/e2fsprogs/sbin/e2fsck -fnv /dev/sda6 
>> e2fsck 1.41.0 (10-Jul-2008)
>> Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
>> Pass 2: Checking directory structure
>> Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
>> /lost+found not found.  Create? no
>>
>> Pass 4: Checking reference counts
>> Pass 5: Checking group summary information
>>
>> /dev/sda6: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **********
> 
> Was lost+found manually removed between mkfs & fsck?  (did you do an rm
> -rf * or similar ?)  That'd produce exactly the above warning, since you
> told e2fsck "-n" ...
> 
> -Eric
> --
Hi Eric,

Yes, the test program does a rm -rf * of the partition and  
usr/local/e2fsprogs/sbin/e2fsck -fvp /dev/sda6 helps. Sorry
for the noise.

-- 
Thanks & Regards,
Kamalesh Babulal.
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