linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 08/54] e2fsck: Verify and correct inode checksums

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Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:49:13 -0700
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
To:	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@...cle.com>,
	Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>,
	Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Coly Li <colyli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/54] e2fsck: Verify and correct inode checksums

On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:09:28AM -0500, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 03:58:12PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > Detect mismatches of the inode and checksum, and prompt the user to fix the
> > situation.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...ibm.com>
> 
> The new problem definitions were inserted into the wrong place in
> problem.c.  This is something that was picked up by a unit test in the
> e2fsck directory:
> 
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../lib DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=../lib ./tst_problem
> *** Unordered problem table:
> curr code = 0x00010065: The bad @b @i looks @n.  
> *** prev code = 0x00010067: @i %i passes checks, but checksum does not match @i.  
> *** This is a programming error in e2fsck
> make[1]: *** [check] Error 1
> 
> The fix was simple; just move the new lines in problem.c down two lines.
> 
> >  	/* Quota inode is user visible */
> >  	{ PR_1_QUOTA_INODE_NOT_HIDDEN,
> >  	  N_("@q @i is visible to the user.  "),
> > - 	  PROMPT_CLEAR, PR_PREEN_OK },
> > +	  PROMPT_FIX, PR_PREEN_OK },
> 
> PR1_QUOTA_INODE_NOT_HIDDEN isn't currently used, so there's no point
> changing it now.  Depending on how this bit of the first class quota
> patch gets implemented, the message might change completely.

Ugh, that looks like a merge error on my end.  Sorry and thanks for fixing it.

--D

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