linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] e2fsck: Fix the wrong error detection for non-extent file

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Date:	Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:31:24 -0500
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Kazuya Mio <k-mio@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2fsck: Fix the wrong error detection for non-extent
 file

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 04:26:52PM +0900, Kazuya Mio wrote:
> When I create a non-extent file with the maximum size in ext4,
> e2fsck detects the following error:
> 
> Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
> Inode 12, i_size is 4402345721856, should be 4402345721856. Fix?
> 
> As we know, e2fsck checks the size field of the inode in pass 1.
> However, in case of the ext4 with the feature of ^extent and huge_file,
> the maximum file size calculated in e2fsck is less than the real one.
> The patch fixes this problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kazuya Mio <k-mio@...jp.nec.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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