Re: 2.6.29-git: cannot mount ext4/loop

From: Alexander Beregalov
Date: Thu Apr 02 2009 - 07:39:39 EST


2009/4/2 Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 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.

Revert 53d66608 does not help.
Bisecting...
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