Re: 2.6.29-git: cannot mount ext4/loop

From: Alexander Beregalov
Date: Thu Apr 02 2009 - 03:42:32 EST


2009/4/2 Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx>:
> On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 02:53:51AM +0400, Alexander Beregalov wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 01:23:28AM +0400, Alexander Beregalov wrote:
>> > Hi Theodore, Jens
>> >
>> > kernel is 2.6.29-07099-g8b53ef3
>> >
>> > Mount failed:
>> >
>> > EXT4-fs: barriers enabled
>> > kjournald2 starting: pid 1867, dev loop0:8, commit interval 5 seconds
>> > EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_iget: block reference 2703228928 >=
>> > max (524288) in inode #2, offset=0
>> > EXT4-fs: get root inode failed
>> > EXT4-fs (device loop0): mount failed
>
> I don't get this failure in a Linux 2.6 kernel based off of 5d80f8e5
> with the )now upstream) ext4 patches merged in. ÂI'm guessing sometime
> between v2.6.29-3652-g5d80f8e and 2.6.29-07099-g8b53ef3 a regression
> was introduced into the loop driver?

It is sparc host again.
2.6.29-06608-g15f7176 worked fine.
There was one commit to loop.c:
53d66608 (loop: add ioctl to resize a loop device)
and ext4 git pull.

I wil try to revert it and probably bisect.
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