linux-kernel - [patch] ext2: xip check fix

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Date:	Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:23:28 +0100
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
To:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, rob@...dley.net,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: [patch] ext2: xip check fix

Am I missing something here? I wonder how s390 works without this change?

--
ext2 should not worry about checking sb->s_blocksize for XIP before the
sb's blocksize actually gets set.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
---
Index: linux-2.6/fs/ext2/super.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -844,8 +844,7 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_
 
 	blocksize = BLOCK_SIZE << le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_log_block_size);
 
-	if ((ext2_use_xip(sb)) && ((blocksize != PAGE_SIZE) ||
-				  (sb->s_blocksize != blocksize))) {
+	if (ext2_use_xip(sb) && blocksize != PAGE_SIZE) {
 		if (!silent)
 			printk("XIP: Unsupported blocksize\n");
 		goto failed_mount;
--
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