linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [LogFS] Return -EINVAL if filesystem image doesn't match

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Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:53:37 +0200
From:	Paolo Minazzi <paolo.minazzi@...il.com>
To:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [LogFS] Return -EINVAL if filesystem image doesn't match

> Does the patch below solve the problem for you (without the explicit
> "rootfstype=romfs")?
>
> Jörn
>
> --
> One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code.
> -- Ken Thompson.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Joern Engel <joern@...fs.org>
> ---
>  fs/logfs/super.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/logfs/super.c b/fs/logfs/super.c
> index 5866ee6..f649038 100644
> --- a/fs/logfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/logfs/super.c
> @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int __logfs_read_sb(struct super_block *sb)
>
>        page = find_super_block(sb);
>        if (!page)
> -               return -EIO;
> +               return -EINVAL;
>
>        ds = page_address(page);
>        super->s_size = be64_to_cpu(ds->ds_filesystem_size);

The above patch solve the problem for me.
Now I can mount root without rootfstype=romfs

Bye,
Paolo
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