linux-ext4 - Re: Error with the latest stable series of the patch queue.

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Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:15:01 +0100
From:	Valerie Clement <valerie.clement@...l.net>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: Error with the latest stable series of the patch queue.

Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am seeing the below error in the console. But the tests are reported
> as success.
> 
> EXT4-fs: mballoc enabled
> EXT4-fs error (device sda7): ext4_ext_find_extent: bad header in inode
> #204044: invalid magic - magic 0, entries 0, max 0(0), depth 0(0)
> EXT4-fs error (device sda7): ext4_ext_find_extent: bad header in inode
> #204045: invalid magic - magic 0, entries 0, max 0(0), depth 0(0)
> EXT4-fs error (device sda7): ext4_ext_find_extent: bad header in inode
> #204047: invalid magic - magic 0, entries 0, max 0(0), depth 0(0)
> EXT4-fs error (device sda7): ext4_ext_find_extent: bad header in inode
> #204056: invalid magic - magic 0, entries 0, max 0(0), depth 0(0)
> EXT4-fs error (device sda7): ext4_ext_find_extent: bad header in inode
> #204061: invalid magic - magic 0, entries 0, max 0(0), depth 0(0)
> EXT4-fs error (device sda7): ext4_ext_find_extent: bad header in inode
> #204065: invalid magic - magic 0, entries 0, max 0(0), depth 0(0)
> EXT4-fs error (device sda7): ext4_ext_find_extent: bad header in inode
> #204068: invalid magic - magic 0, entries 0, max 0(0), depth 0(0)
> EXT4-fs error (device sda7): ext4_ext_find_extent: bad header in inode
> #204069: invalid magic - magic 0, entries 0, max 0(0), depth 0(0)
> EXT4-fs error (device sda7): ext4_ext_find_extent: bad header in inode
> #204071: invalid magic - magic 0, entries 0, max 0(0), depth 0(0)
> EXT4-fs error (device sda7): ext4_ext_find_extent: bad header in inode
> #204077: invalid magic - 
> 
Hi Aneesh,

I've got also several issues while running ffsb tests today. The tests
ended with success but e2fsck reported an error:

  Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
  Inode 3367164, i_size is 57380864, should be 57442304.  Fix?

Inode 3367164 is allocated in the last group of the filesystem.

As I changed the allocation algorithm for the last group in the patch
"ext4_fix_block_alloc_algorithm_for_last_group.patch", I removed this
patch and ran again the same test. I didn't reproduce the issue.

*But* I reproduced it on a filesystem created with a smaller block size
value (= 1024 instead of 4096 previously) and with a kernel *without*
my patch applied. e2fsck reports the same error on inodes created in the
last group. Sometimes in this configuration, error messages are also
displayed on the console:

EXT4-fs error (device sdc): ext4_valid_block_bitmap: Invalid block bitmap - 
block_group = 7358, block = 60276737
EXT4-fs error (device sdc): ext4_valid_block_bitmap: Invalid block bitmap - 
block_group = 7358, block = 60276737

and e2fsck reports errors like:
Inode 2113777 has corrupt extent index at block 61165699 (logical -1) entry 0
Fix?

So, there is a problem when allocating inodes in the last group:
- without my patch when block size value is 1024,
- with my patch when block size value is 4096.

Could you check if your tests allocate inodes in the last group and run
also e2fsck to see if it reports errors.

For the moment, I have no idea how to fix that problem.

   Valerie

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