linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/3] mke2fs: prevent creation of unmountable ext4 with large flex

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Date:	Sat, 5 Jul 2014 22:43:58 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Akira Fujita <a-fujita@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mke2fs: prevent creation of unmountable ext4 with
 large flex_bg count

On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 08:38:10AM +0000, Akira Fujita wrote:
> In mke2fs command, if flex_bg count is too large to filesystem blocks count,
> unmountable ext4 which has the out of filesystem block offset is created (Case1).
> Moreover this large flex_bg count causes an unintentional metadata layout
> (bmap-imap-itable-bmap-imap-itable .. in block group) (Case2).
> 
> To fix these issues and keep healthy flex_bg layout, disallow creating ext4
> with obviously large flex_bg count to filesystem blocks count.

Applied, thanks.

							- Ted
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