linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH V2] ext4: force ro mount if ext4_setup

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Message-ID: <20120528175316.GJ19152@thunk.org>
Date:	Mon, 28 May 2012 13:53:16 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] ext4: force ro mount if ext4_setup_super() fails

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 12:01:43PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> If ext4_setup_super() fails i.e. due to a too-high revision,
> the error is logged in dmesg but the fs is not mounted RO as
> indicated.
> 
> Tested by:
> 
> # mkfs.ext4 -r 4 /dev/sdb6
> # mount /dev/sdb6 /mnt/test
> # dmesg | grep "too high"
> [164919.759248] EXT4-fs (sdb6): revision level too high, forcing read-only mode
> # grep sdb6 /proc/mounts
> /dev/sdb6 /mnt/test2 ext4 rw,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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