linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] mke2fs: Make s_inodes_per_group >= 8 in ext2fs

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Date:	Sat, 14 May 2011 23:28:58 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Tao Ma <tm@....ma>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mke2fs: Make s_inodes_per_group >= 8 in
 ext2fs_initialize.

On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 11:38:42PM +0800, Tao Ma wrote:
> 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>

Thanks, I've added this to the "next" branch of e2fsprogs.

	     	   	       	      - Ted
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