linux-ext4 - Re: Kernel 3.7.0: bad header/extent

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Date:	Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:52:49 -0200
From:	Dâniel Fraga <fragabr@...il.com>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
	"linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Kernel 3.7.0: bad header/extent

On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:50:13 -0500
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:

> A fix for this was added to e2fsprogs in v1.42.2 in March 2012, by
> commit 26c09eb8145a1 ("e2fsck: check for zero length extent").  There
> was a regression which this commit would sometimes trigger which was
> fixed in v1.42.4 (commit 9c40d14841f0, "e2fsck: only check for
> zero-length leaf extents").  So e2fsck 1.42.4 or newer is recommended
> to repair this sort of file system corruption.

	Ok Ted. An easier way was to use Systemrescuecd beta which
provides e2fsck 1.42.6. Now the problem has gone ;)

> I'm not entirely sure how the inode had gotten corrupted in the first
> place, but I would be surprised if it was due to upgrading the kernel
> from 3.6 to 3.7.  If you do see this corruption again, please let us
> know, and hopefully we can try to figure out what the root cause of
> the issue might be.

	No problem. I always compile my software, so the first time I
notice it was after upgrading to 3.7.0 kernel. Anyway I'm not sure if
it appeared after the upgrade to 3.7.0 kernel.

	But ok. If I have some more of these issues, I will report here.

	Thanks for the great support!

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