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Date:	Mon,  9 May 2011 23:38:42 +0800
From:	Tao Ma <tm@....ma>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mke2fs: Make s_inodes_per_group >= 8 in ext2fs_initialize.

From: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>

current mkfs.ext4 fails if we tried with the following parameters.
mkfs.ext4  -m 0 -N 16 -O ^has_journal,^resize_inode,^uninit_bg,extent,meta_bg -b 1024 /dev/sdb3
It will cause segfault, but it is caused by another issue. See my patch
"mke2fs: Avoid segmentation fault in ext2fs_alloc_generic_bmap". And
with that patch, the mkfs.ext4 will fail with the error:
/dev/sdb3: Memory allocation failed while setting up superblock

The reason is that in ext2fs_initialize, we align s_inodes_per_group
to 8, but fails to consider the case that s_inodes_per_group < 8.
So make at least 8 inodes for s_inodes_per_group.

Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>
---
 lib/ext2fs/initialize.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c b/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c
index e1f229b..4706773 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ ipg_retry:
 	 * multiple of 8.  This is needed to simplify the bitmap
 	 * splicing code.
 	 */
+	if (super->s_inodes_per_group < 8)
+		super->s_inodes_per_group = 8;
 	super->s_inodes_per_group &= ~7;
 	fs->inode_blocks_per_group = (((super->s_inodes_per_group *
 					EXT2_INODE_SIZE(super)) +
-- 
1.6.3.GIT

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