linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2] jbd2: fix infinite loop when recovering corrupt journal blocks

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Message-ID: <20140826024412.GF11317@thunk.org>
Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:44:12 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] jbd2: fix infinite loop when recovering corrupt
 journal blocks

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 01:43:52PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
> 
> When recovering the journal, don't fall into an infinite loop if we
> encounter a corrupt journal block.  Instead, just skip the block and
> return an error, which fails the mount and thus forces the user to run
> a full filesystem fsck.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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