linux-ext4 - Re: errors in ext4_mb_generate_buddy and ext4

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Date:	Mon, 09 May 2011 14:55:52 +0200
From:	Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@...entia.net>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: errors in ext4_mb_generate_buddy and ext4_remount

Hi Ted.

On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 21:01 -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> Kernels 2.6.35 and newer will set superblock fields that will result
> in those messages.  They're not error messages per se; it's just a
> notification that there was an file system error in the past that
> hasn't been fixed yet.  In your case, it *has* been fixed, but you
> don't have a new enough version of e2fsprogs so that it clears the
> relevant parts of the superblock.
Thanks for that explanation.

> The debian packages of e2fsprogs version 1.41.14-1 in experimental, or
> 1.41.12-4 in unstable
Ah, I haven't tried it with the one that was uploaded to unstable
yet.... will give it a try later.


Another thing. Perhaps you've seen my post where I've unfortunately
overridden an (important ;) ) ext3 fs with mkfs, instead of doing fsck.

Of course this is my fault but do you see any chance to add checks to
mke2fs whether any known fs/partition type/other containter like
luks/mdadm/etc. is on the device? (And of course require a
--force=I-really-know-what-I-do™ parameter to the evil.)

Cheers,
Chris.
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