linux-ext4 - Re: 2.6.29-git: cannot mount ext4/loop

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Message-ID: <20090402055356.GC10642@mit.edu>
Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2009 01:53:56 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.29-git: cannot mount ext4/loop

On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 02:53:51AM +0400, Alexander Beregalov wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 01:23:28AM +0400, Alexander Beregalov wrote:
> > Hi Theodore, Jens
> > 
> > kernel is 2.6.29-07099-g8b53ef3
> > 
> > Mount failed:
> > 
> > EXT4-fs: barriers enabled
> > kjournald2 starting: pid 1867, dev loop0:8, commit interval 5 seconds
> > EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_iget: block reference 2703228928 >=
> > max (524288) in inode #2, offset=0
> > EXT4-fs: get root inode failed
> > EXT4-fs (device loop0): mount failed

I don't get this failure in a Linux 2.6 kernel based off of 5d80f8e5
with the )now upstream) ext4 patches merged in.  I'm guessing sometime
between v2.6.29-3652-g5d80f8e and 2.6.29-07099-g8b53ef3 a regression
was introduced into the loop driver?

						- Ted
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